R.J. Julia Booksellers is an independent bookstore based in Madison, Connecticut owned and operated by Roxanne J. Coady, a former tax accountant.
[1] Notable bookstore staff have included the filmmaker Brad Anderson, novelist Mike Attebery, and journalist Virginia Sole-Smith.
This Is Us series star Justin Hartley portrays a bestselling author who returns home at Christmas to settle the estate of his estranged mother.
[7][8] R.J. Julia has won multiple national, state, and local awards from trade associations, news outlets, and other institutions in recognition of its quality as an independent bookseller.
[9] The store then won the Women's National Book Association's Lucile Micheels Pannell Award for excellence in bookselling in 1997.
[15] Coady was honored along with 24 other Connecticut women at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2006 Celebration event in memory of then-recently deceased playwright Wendy Wasserstein.
Stine, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Mick Foley, Garrison Keillor, Anne Rice, Tommy Lee, and Chris Russo are just a few guests/authors who have stopped by the store.