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Julian Tepper

Julian Tepper is an American novelist and essayist. He has written four novels: Balls (2012), Ark (2016), Between the Records (2020), and Cooler Heads (2024). His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Playboy, The Brooklyn Rail, Tablet, and elsewhere. His essay "Locking Down with the Family You've Just Eviscerated in a Novel" for Zyzzyva was named a notable essay of 2021 in The Best American Essays 2022. He is the co-founder, alongside artist Jenna Gribbon, of the Oracle Club, a literary salon in New York City that operated from 2011 to 2017. As a member of the indie rock band The Natural History, he co-wrote the Spoon hit "Don't You Evah".