mattie jo
COWSERT
0RDER NOW!
God, Sex, and Rich People
OUT NOW!
What happens when an Evangelical pastor's daughter moves from Branson, Missouri to New York City?
A collapse of identity that begins a journey of figuring out faith, fucking, and the 1%. With humor and raw honesty, God, Sex, and Rich People follows Mattie Jo as she takes off her purity ring, navigates public transportation, and tries to have good sex without hating herself. From dating her doorman, to sex with a pop star, and living with millionaires, watch Mattie Jo hilariously fumble and find her footing as she redefines her sexuality and spirituality in the city that never sleeps (and never stops sleeping around).
Readers rave about
God, Sex, and Rich People
I laughed, I cried (from laughing so hard, and most importantly, I felt seen. I am so thankful someone was able to capture topics that are so relatable: If I could, 100 stars on this book. - Rachel at All the Rad Reads Booktok
I have never in my life CRIED simply because a book I was reading ended. - Amazon Review
I am CACKLING. I could not be enjoying this more. - Erin Moon, best-selling author of "I've Got Questions" and host of the Faith Adjacent podcast
GSRP is what happens when a woman refuses to apologize for becoming herself. Mattie Jo Cowsert writes with the fearlessness of someone who has already survived the worst part — the leaving — and finds, on the other side, not ruin but riot: laughter, longing, and a hard-won permission to want what she wants. - Julianna Glasse Author of This Is What Happens When Women Read
Mattie Jo is brash, funny as hell, and doesn't hold back in her assessment of her own behavior and the behavior of the men involved in her dating and sexual misadventures. Her story is relatable, and I think that many young women who are dating after purity culture will see themselves in it. - Erica Smith M. Ed Sex Educator creator of purity culture drop out, author of The Purity Culture Recovery Guide: The Shame-Free Sex Education You Deserve (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Buzz on Mattie Jo
Mattie Jo has a ton of amazing Book PR she's compiled for you here! Click the boxes below to hear interviews with the New Evangelicals Podcast, Indoctrination Podcast, Erica Smith, Evangelical Pastor turned hot dad we all love to watch/listen to Brian Recker, and more!And whatever isn't linked here, can be found in her highlights on Instagram!
Latest Work
Mattie Jo is currently directing Middle Man a play by Mimi Brown. It premieres at NYC's Neurotica Fest on September 10th, 2026. Get your tkts here!
Mattie Jo recently completed her artistic residency at Collective CT - an artistic incubator in partnership with Yale, Yale Ventures, and the state of Connecticut. You can watch her final pitch/presentation here.
Mattie Jo's pitch for God, Sex, and Rich People the series won the Audience Choice award for Arts Innovation at the Yale Innovation Summit. "If you want to understand how to give a good pitch, watch how an artist does it! Mattie Jo Cowsert had the audience in her hands at the Yale Ventures Innovation Summit. Her pitch on her upcoming TV show God, Sex, and Rich People, had us on our knees. She not only gave us a sense of a good business plan, she gave us a taste of the show itself." -- Frances Pollock, leader of Arts Innovation at Yale Ventures
Mattie Jo's production company Too Much Productions teamed up with two-time Tribeca Film Festival selected Keylee and Micah Sudduth of Bob Billiams Productions to write, direct, produce, and star in a series based on her blog God, Sex, and Rich People. Garnered over 1 millions views upon public release, and premiered at the Omaha Film Fetival. Watch Here.
NOT THIS
"When you want to fuck him so bad but he makes it impossible to justify."
Written/produced by: Mattie jo Cowsert
DP'd by: Chris Skiles
Starring/Directed/Edited By: Gui Agustini
Blog on Substack
About Mattie Jo
Actor. Author. Shameless Oversharer.
Mattie Jo grew up the youngest daughter of four kids in a Midwest, wholesome, Christian household. She lived in Branson, Missouri. which was a lot like being on a kitschy, yet charming movie set all the time, but a movie set nonetheless. Now a professional actor and author, she's ready to book that Hallmark Christmas movie so people back home know she's really made it.