


Her third book, a young adult novel called Romancing the Throne, was published in summer 2017. Her first novel Confessions of a Beauty Addict was published in January 2009. Under her maiden name Haobsh, Courtney is the author of the bestselling beauty guide Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best. She has written for Town & Country, Vanity Fair, Robb Report and Vogue (magazine). įrom 2005 to 2007, Courtney worked as a business consultant to 10-goal polo player Carlos Gracida and in 2006 was Creative Consultant to Sarah, Duchess of York. Courtney appeared on Anderson Cooper, MSNBC, ABC, Fox and CNN and was profiled by the New York Times, People Magazine, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan magazine, Women's Wear Daily, Fashion Week Daily, and Time.

Her identity was revealed by the New York Post in July 2005, and when she was asked to leave Ladies' Home Journal while an offer at Seventeen magazine as Beauty Editor was simultaneously rescinded, her story received international coverage. In March 2005, she began blogging under the pseudonym Jolie in NYC, where she dispersed beauty advice and celebrity gossip. Career Īfter graduating from Barnard College, Courtney worked at FHM, Lucky, and Ladies' Home Journal. Courtney was raised in her parents' Muslim faith, experiences she later parlayed into her novel All-American Muslim Girl. Early life Ĭourtney was born to a Muslim Jordanian father of Circassian and Syrian descent, and a Roman Catholic mother of Swiss-Austrian descent who later converted to Islam. In 2015, she appeared on season 2 of Bravo's reality documentary television series Newlyweds: The First Year alongside her husband, filmmaker Erik Courtney. The New York Post subsequently dubbed her "the poster girl for the blogger generation". Her blog "Jolie in NYC" received international press in 2005 after Courtney, a former beauty editor, was outed and dooced for anonymously blogging about the beauty industry. She is the author of the YA novel All-American Muslim Girl, Romancing the Throne, Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best, and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Nadine Jolie Courtney ( née Haobsh Adyghe: Хьаобщ Надинэ-Джули, romanized: Hawobş Nadinə-Djuli born August 23, 1980) is a Circassian American lifestyle writer, novelist, and former media personality.
