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Justin Courter

Biography

Justin Courter

Justin Courter is the author of the novels CADENZA, THE HEART OF IT ALL and SKUNK: A Love Story. His work has appeared in The Literary Review, Poetry East, American Book Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. He lives in New York City.

Justin Courter

Books by Justin Courter

by Justin Courter - Fiction, Women's Fiction

At the age of seven, Jennifer Coleman is severely burned in a house fire that kills her sister. Despite the barriers of her scarred face and her tragic childhood, she reaches the pinnacle of achievement as a classical concert pianist, but at a deep psychological cost. During Jennifer's meteoric rise as a virtuoso pianist, her disfigurement takes on mythic proportions. She is internationally loved and admired, but unable to love herself. At a pivotal point in her career, she meets an extraordinarily creative, suicidal musician named Felix, who challenges Jennifer's beliefs and falls deeply in love with her. Will Jennifer be able to learn from Felix's example before she self-destructs?