Jessica Levine On The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer

At the beginning of your career, find teachers, readers, mentors. Do not work in a vacuum.

Some writers and authors have a knack for using language that can really move people. Some writers and authors have been able to influence millions with their words alone. What does it take to become an effective and successful author or writer? In this interview series, called “5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer” we are talking to successful authors and writers who can share lessons from their experiences.

As part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Levine. Jessica Levine is the author of the novels in The Cousins Series, including Three Cousins, forthcoming in April 2025, and the critically acclaimed The Geometry of Love and Nothing Forgotten, both of which made the Top Ten Women’s Fiction list in the American Library Association’s Booklist . She holds a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and has published a literary history, Delicate Pursuit: Discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton as well as books translated from French and Italian. She has worked as a hypnotherapist since 2005. Visit her at www.jessicalevine.com.