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Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Rd #2, Greenville, SC 29607 Owner: Jill Hendrix
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ill Hendrix founded Fiction Addiction in May 2001 in Greenville, SC. Jill grew up in Greenville, graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in history, and then moved to Brooklyn, NY, where she briefly worked for St. Martin’s Press as an editorial assistant. She then worked for Juno Online Services and a series of internet startups. When the dotcom crash came she decided to move back home and open Fiction Addiction.
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Fiction Addiction began as a used bookstore. It carried only fiction for approximately 3 days before Jill listened to her customers’ requests and loosened her strictures. By 2009, the store had converted to an inventory of new books and started the popular Book Your Lunch author event series. The store has moved 3 times over its 20 years of existence. When the store was closed to the public for 2 weeks during the COVID-19 outbreak in April 2020, they moved three doors down into their current space, which is a cozy 1,000 square feet. They are now offering a Patreon membership, hosting Virtual Events, and offering curbside pickup, but no matter how crazy the world gets, their mission remains to discover and recommend books they feel are worth their customers’ time to read.
