Julie Checkoway

2022: Checkoway has created media on a variety of platforms. She is the author The New York Times bestseller, THE THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB (. The book is currently in development as a major motion picture, with screenwriters Aaron and Jordan Kandell ("Moana," "Adrift'), producers Tim Moore and Greg Lessans. Checkoway's other books include LITTLE SISTER: Searching for the Shadow World of Chinese Women and CREATING FICTION. She agent-ed, developed TARGETED (Harper Collins, Oct 22, 2019), by former Cambridge Analytica whistle blower, Brittany Kaiser. Checkoway's documentary, WAITING FOR HOCKNEY, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was aired on the Sundance Channel. She has several documentary works in pre-production and represents Matthew Black's THE SPIES OF LA COSA NOSTRA, among other books. Checkoway was educated at Harvard College, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. A native of Massachusetts, she currently lives in Sacramento with her husband and two daughters.