Sunny Hostin

Three-time Emmy Award-winner and New York Times best-selling author Sunny Hostin has been a co-host of The View since 2016. Sunny previously served as a host and legal analyst at CNN, as well as a fill-in co-anchor for ABC News’ “World News Now” and “America This Morning.” Last summer, Sunny released her New York Times best-selling novel, “Summer on the Bluffs” (William Morrow), the first book in her “Summer” trilogy. The story follows three women in their quest to secure the inheritance rights to their beloved godmother’s house on the beautiful beaches of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. 

Sunny also announced the launch of her production company, Sunny Hostin Productions, a global, multi-platform media company that will produce and create premium film and television content highlighting important social justice issues, meaningful stories, and underrepresented groups. The company’s first project under a deal with Disney is to develop Sunny’s novel, “Summer on the Bluffs,” as a dramatic series, with ABC Signature and Octavia Spencer’s Orit Entertainment.

After graduating from Notre Dame Law School, Hostin began her career as an appellate law clerk and went on to become a trial attorney and federal prosecutor with the United States Justice Department. During her time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, she was awarded the Special Achievement Award by Attorney General Janet Reno for her prosecution of child sexual predators. She serves as a board member for Safe Horizon, where she fought for the successful passage of the New York State Child Victims Act in 2019, making it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults. An inescapable voice from the top echelons of news and entertainment, she continues using her platform to advocate for and give voice to the marginalized.

A gifted storyteller, Sunny’s impressive depth of knowledge carries over to politics and the criminal justice system. She has brought clarity and context to some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including incisive political analysis of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent presidency, the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol, the Derek Chauvin trial and verdict, the college admission scandal, the George Zimmerman trial, the unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore, and the AME church shooting in Charleston. In May 2020, Sunny and a group of Black female activists penned an authoritative op-ed for The Washington Post urging presidential candidate Joe Biden to select a Black female vice-presidential candidate, ultimately predicting his selection of Kamala Harris. Sunny has won two Emmys for her work as a correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America, and one for her work as a correspondent for the ABC News Special, The President and the People.

Sunny currently resides in New York with her husband Manny and two children, Gabriel and Paloma.