Jill Davis
Jill A. Davis | |
---|---|
Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Reading, Pennsylvania |
Residence | New York City |
Alma mater | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
attended Endicott College
|
Employer | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
1991–1997, writer for David Letterman's programs on NBC and CBS
|
Home town | Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Spouse(s) | Edward Conard m. May 13, 2000 |
Children | daughter |
Website | jilldavis |
Notes | |
Jill A. Davis (born 1966) is an American author and television writer.[5] She is a member of the Writers Guild of America. She was nominated for 5 Emmy awards for her 6 years of work as a writer for David Letterman.[citation needed] Her first novel, Girls' Poker Night (published by Random House in 2002), was a New York Times bestseller.[6] It was published in 5 languages, and twelve countries. Her second novel, Ask Again Later, was published by Ecco in February 2007.[7]
Prior to working in television, Davis was a newspaper reporter and columnist.[8] After leaving the Late Show with David Letterman, she created and executive-produced a television show pilot for Dreamworks starring Tracy Pollan, Anna Says. She also wrote and published a number of screenplays, teleplays, short stories and magazine articles.
Davis, originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Endicott College and Emerson College,[4] majoring in creative writing. She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU[citation needed] and has an honorary Ph.D. in Arts & Letters from Endicott.[9] She is married to Edward Conard and lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.[10]
Contents
Works
Novels
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Collections/humor
- 1996 David Letterman’s New Book of Top Ten Lists and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Brideby David Letterman, Steve O'Donnell, et al. ISBN 0-553-10243-5
- 1995 David Letterman’s Book of Top Ten Lists and Zest Lo-Cal Chicken Recipesby David Letterman, Steve O'Donnell, et al. ISBN 0-553-10222-2
- 1996 Home Cookin’ with Dave’s Momby David Letterman, foreword by David Letterman and Jill Davis. ISBN 0-671-00060-8
Short stories
- 2004 "New York" (in Girls' Night In, ed. Lauren Henderson, Chris Manby, Sarah Mlynowski, ISBN 0-373-25074-6)
- 2004 "Sister Goddess Ruby" (in May Contain Nuts: A Very Loose Canon of American Humor, ed. Michael J. Rosen, ISBN 0-06-051626-7)
Television and film
- 2000 Drinking, Smoking, Fooling Around, a collection of short stories adapted as monologues (HBO Productions) (writer)
- 1999 Mother's Helper, teleplay (Blue Relief, Inc.; Bob Kosberg Productions & Touchstone Pictures) (writer)
- 1999 Anna Says, sitcom pilot (Dreamworks Television and Lottery Hill Entertainment) (creator, writer, executive producer)
- 1998 The Group, sitcom (Blue Relief, Inc.) (creator, writer, executive producer)
- 1996 The Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special II (CBS) (writer)
- 1995 The Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special (CBS) (writer)
- 1993-1996 The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) (writer)
- 1992 The Late Show with David Letterman: Tenth Anniversary Special (NBC) (writer)
- 1991-1993 The Late Show with David Letterman (NBC) (writer)
- Half Magic, film (Nickelodeon Films) (writer)
Articles
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- "The Reason You're Still Single: Commitmentphobia Isn't Just a Guy Thing" (Cosmopolitan, Sept. 1 2002)
- The Countdown (serialized novella later developed as Ask Again Later, USA Today Open Book, 2008)
- "The North Shore's Literary Treasure, John Updike" (North Shore Life, August–September 1987, Vol VII, No. 4)
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gale Biography In Context. (subscription required)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ IMDb listing
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ worldCat
- ↑ Author Interview with Jill A. Davis from HarperCollins Publishers
- ↑ "Women in Leadership Panelists: Endicott College Alumni/Development Announcements"
- ↑ HarperCollins Publishers Author Biography
External links
- Pages containing links to subscription-only content
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2014
- Articles with dead external links from May 2012
- American women writers
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Reading, Pennsylvania
- Writers from Pennsylvania
- Writers from New York City