Corinne Sullivan
About Corinne
Corinne Sullivan studied English with a Creative Writing Concentration at Boston College, where she graduated in 2014. She then received her MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College in 2016. Her stories have appeared in Night Train, Knee-Jerk, and Pithead Chapel, among other publications. Indecent is her debut novel.​
Corinne’s bylines have also appeared in Elite Daily, PopSugar, Woman’s Day, and more. She lives with her Husband and her fat dog, Jack, in Long Island City.
Photograph by Sub/Urban Photography
About Indecent
Shy, introverted Imogene Abney has always been fascinated by the elite world of prep schools, having secretly longed to attend one since she was a girl in Buffalo, New York. So, shortly after her college graduation, when she’s offered a teaching position at the Vandenberg School for Boys, an all-boys prep school in Westchester, New York, she immediately accepts, despite having little teaching experience—and very little experience with boys.
When Imogene meets handsome, popular Adam Kipling a few weeks into her tenure there, a student who exudes charm and status and ease, she's immediately drawn to him. Who is this boy who flirts with her without fear of being caught? Who is this boy who seems immune to consequences and worry; a boy for whom the world will always provide?
As an obsessive, illicit affair begins between them, Imogene is so lost in the haze of first love that she's unable to recognize the danger she's in. The danger of losing her job. The danger of losing herself in the wrong person. The danger of being caught doing something possibly illegal and so indecent.
Exploring issues of class, sex, and gender, this smart, sexy debut by Corinne Sullivan shatters the black-and- white nature of victimhood, taking a close look at blame and moral ambiguity.
Press
Cosmopolitan, "10 Best Beach Books 2018"
InStyle, "5 Best New Books to Read This Month"
BookBub, "21 New Books to Read Over Spring Break"
Parade, "20 Must-Have Books for Your Spring Reading List"
Harper's Bazaar, "The 15 Best Beach Reads of 2018"
SheerLuxe, "15 Beach Books We're Loving This Summer"
Living North, "6 of the Best Beach Books"
theSkimm, "theSkimm's Guide to 4th of July Reads"
Bustle, "5 Coming-of-Age Books Short Enough to Finish in a Single Weekend"
Off the Shelf, "The Best Books to Satisfy Your Post-Twilight Cravings"
Refinery29, "Best Campus Novels"
Blogcritics, "March Reads With a Touch of Madness"
Vue Magazine, "What We're Reading Summer 2018: Beach Edition"
Coastal Living, "Best Books Summer 2018"
This Bitch Magazine, "5 Vacation Reads That'll Make You Extend Your Stay"
Book Culture, "Q&A with Corinne Sullivan, Author of Indecent"
Washington Independent Review of Books, "An Interview with Corinne Sullivan"
The Independent, "So You Want to Be a Novelist?"
HeadStuff, "Corinne Sullivan's Indecent"
Publisher's Weekly, "Fiction Book Review: Indecent by Corinne Sullivan"
Booklist, "Indecent by Corinne Sullivan Review"
Library Journal, "Indecent by Corinne Sullivan Review"
School Library Journal, "Indecent by Corinne Sullivan Review"
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