Hi. I’m Morgan Jerkins — author, editor, journalist, filmmaker, and professor.
I am the author of of the New York Times bestseller This Will Be Undoing as well as the critically acclaimed books, Wandering In Strange Lands and Caul Baby.
Over the course of several years, I’ve written a ton on the internet, intersecting social issues and popular media through celebrity profiles and interviews, reportage, commentary, and personal essays. The sample links listed on my website are only a taste of what I’ve done as publications have transformed and often, folded. However, you can find my bylines in outlets, such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and The Guardian, among many others.
I currently in the Creative Writing department teach at Princeton University where I also hold a Bachelor’s in Comparative Literature. Previously, I taught at Columbia, Pacific University, The New School, and Leipzig University, where I was their Guest Picador Professor.
In addition, I’m a filmmaker! My debut short film, Black Madonna, which I wrote and co-directed, was selected at the Big Apple Film Festival, Pan African Film & Arts Festival, and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.
I’ve won two National Magazine Awards and I was a Forbes 30 Under 30 Leader in Media.
Based in New York. Born and raised in Jersey. MFA from Bennington College. Proud Gemini.
Represented by Sharon Pelletier of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC and Stephen Moore of The Kohner Agency.