I am an English and American Studies Professor and the author of six books.

Get in touch with Jack

Contact Jack, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Jack Sullivan’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Jack Sullivan, Chair of the English Department at Rider University, is the author of Elegant Nightmares, New World Symphonies, Hitchcock’s Music, and New Orleans Remix and the editor of Lost Souls, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural and Words on Music. His main passions are teaching, writing, wine and food tasting, and taking his students to plays, concerts, arts festivals, and great cities. He has written about music, literature, and film for the New York Times, the Wal…

What was your first job as a journalist?

writing book reviews

Have you ever used a typewriter?

oh yes

How is social media changing news?

mostly distorting it