“I read it in one sitting”
-Jill Emerson
“Charming and utterly engaging”
-Nina Solomon
“Memorable characters and cinematic prose”
-Alex Segura
“Something quite extraordinary”
-Sandra Block
“Remarkably emotional and satisfying”
-Tom Straw
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Listen Up
I will be putting out an audiobook version of The Truth About Parallel Lines. I’m not sure exactly when it will be available. Right now, I am listening to one and a half minute auditions. It is super-weird, but fun. And speaking of listening, I did an interview...
Story Hour
I was seriously in love with my fifth grade teacher, Mr. Harsanyi. He was 25 years old. (My sister had been in his class two years before, his first year teaching.) I heard a few years ago that he retired in 2011, after 40 years. He was my first male teacher, and my...
D is for Diana – part 2
Apparently, having a social media presence means more than being Facebook friends with a couple hundred former schoolmates. No, liking people’s kids’ prom pictures and sharing links to Huffington Post articles with like-minded folks does not constitute a “platform.”...
D is for Diana – part 1
I am going to be reading at a couple of events in June. (Stay tuned. Details to follow.) I recently saw the poster for Noir at the Bar at Kew & Willow Books, and my name appeared as “Jill Block”, without my middle initial. I stared at it. Did it matter? Minutes...
MEET
JILL
Three years ago, my father asked if I’d like to write a short story for an anthology he was editing. I said yes, without hesitation. I forgot about it for a month, panicked for a month, procrastinated for a month and then I sat down and wrote a story. Since then, I’ve had four stories published, and I wrote a novel. It feels like this is the beginning.