Julian Tepper is the author of two novels, Balls and Ark. In 2011, he co-founded the Oracle Club, an arts club, in New York City. His writing has appeared in the Paris Review, Manhattan Magazine, Kindling Quarterly, the Huffington Post, in addition to numerous other publications. He was born in 1979 and raised in Manhattan. He has had cameos in the television show, Gossip Girl, as well as the film, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. His music has appeared in the film, How to Be Single.