Jill Davis

{{Short description|American author and television writer (born 1966)}} {{for|the tennis player|Jill Davis (tennis)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Jill Davis.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =  {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Reading, Pennsylvania | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist|attended Endicott College *1988 Emerson College}} | occupation = | years_active = | employer = {{Plainlist|1991–1997, writer for David Letterman's programs on NBC and CBS }} | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | net_worth =  | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Edward Conard m. May 13, 2000 | partner = | children = daughter | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = {{URL|http://jilldavis.com/}} | footnotes = <ref>{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; Jill Davis, Edward Conard |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 14, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/14/style/weddings-jill-davis-edward-conard.html |accessdate=2012-05-09 }} </ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter=Jill A. Davis |title=Contemporary Authors Online |location=Detroit |publisher=Gale |year=2008 |accessdate=2012-05-10 |chapter-url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000176502&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=baf7d57d59d6862412b7ff0afe137ac3 |id=GALE|H1000176502 |title-link=Contemporary Authors Online }} Gale Biography In Context. {{subscription required}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.endicott.edu/Media/Attachments/endicott/attachmentsadmin/1/jilldavis0307.pdf |accessdate=2012-05-10 |date=March 8, 2007 |title=Laughing at life: Endicott grad infuses books with comedy |authorlink=Rebecca Schoonmaker |first=Rebecca |last=Schoonmaker |newspaper=The Salem News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043004/http://www.endicott.edu/Media/Attachments/endicott/attachmentsadmin/1/jilldavis0307.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Emersonians/> }} '''Jill A. Davis''' (born 1966) is an American author and television writer.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0996101/ IMDb listing]</ref> She is a member of the Writers Guild of America. She was nominated for five Emmy awards for her six years of work as a writer for David Letterman.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scovell |first=Nell |title=The Lost Laughs of Letterman |newspaper=Vulture (blog) |date=May 5, 2015 |url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/23-lost-laughs-of-letterman.html |access-date=November 16, 2016 }}</ref> Her first novel, ''Girls' Poker Night'' (published by Random House in 2002), was a New York Times bestseller.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/books/bestseller/0311besthardfiction.html?scp=2&sq=jill%20davis%20%22ask%20again%20later%22&st=cse |accessdate=2012-05-10 |series=Best Sellers |title=Hardcover Fiction |date=March 11, 2007 |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> It was published in five languages, and twelve countries. Her second novel, ''Ask Again Later'', was published by Ecco in February 2007 and was a New York Times bestseller.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70823289&referer=brief_results worldCat]</ref>

==Biography== Davis, originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Endicott College and Emerson College,<ref name=Emersonians>{{cite web |url=http://www.samael.emerson.edu/news/emersonians_in_the_news.cfm?editionID=231 |title=Emersonians in the News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719191301/http://www.samael.emerson.edu/news/emersonians_in_the_news.cfm?editionID=231 |archivedate=2011-07-19 |accessdate=2012-05-10 |date=July 2006 |quote=Author and Emerson alumna Jill A. Davis ’88 was the commencement speaker at Endicott College this year. Davis, author of the 2003 novel Girls’ Poker Night, also received an honorary degree from Endicott. Girls Poker Night has been on the national bestseller list for the New York Times, New York Post, Miami Herald, and other outlets. Prior to her life as a novelist, Davis was a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman, where she received five Emmy nominations. Her other credits include two network pilots for ABC, two screenplays for Paramount Pictures, and short stories.}}</ref> majoring in creative writing. She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU<ref name=Arch>{{cite web | url = https://www.nyu.edu/giving/donor-recognition/our-donors/society-of-the-arch/ | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108081130/https://www.nyu.edu/giving/donor-recognition/our-donors/society-of-the-arch/ | archive-date=8 November 2016 | title = Society of the Arch | website = NYU.edu | publisher =New York University | access-date = November 16, 2016}}</ref> and has an honorary Ph.D. in Arts & Letters from Endicott.<ref>[http://64.25.240.88/en/WebAdmin_Announcements/AlumniAnnouncements.aspx "Women in Leadership Panelists: Endicott College Alumni/Development Announcements"]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

Prior to working in television, Davis was a newspaper reporter and columnist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=30340&displayType=interview |title=Author Interview with Jill A. Davis from HarperCollins Publishers |access-date=2011-01-27 |archive-date=2010-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702001756/http://www.harpercollins.com/author/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=interview&authorID=30340 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.

She is married to Edward Conard and lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/30340/Jill_A_Davis/index.aspx |title=HarperCollins Publishers Author Biography |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-date=2008-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324121116/http://harpercollins.com/authors/30340/Jill_A_Davis/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Works == === Novels === :{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Jill A. |title=Ask again later |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Ecco |year=2007 |isbn=978-0060875961 |lccn=2006048613 |url=https://archive.org/details/askagainlater00davi }} :{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Jill A. |title=Girls' poker night : a novel |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Random House |year=2002 |isbn=0375505148 |lccn=2001048227 |url=https://archive.org/details/girlspokernight000davi }}

=== Collections/humor === * 1996 ''David Letterman’s New Book of Top Ten Lists and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride'' by 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 Recipes''by David Letterman, Steve O'Donnell, et al. {{ISBN|0-553-10222-2}} * 1996 ''Home Cookin’ with Dave’s Mom''by 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 ''Late Night with David Letterman'' (NBC) (writer) * ''Half Magic'', film (Nickelodeon Films) (writer)

=== Articles ===  *{{cite news |url=http://www.esquire.com/women/10-things-you-dont-know-about-women/ESQ1202-DEC_10THINGS?click=main_sr |title=10 Things You Don't Know About Women |authorlink=Jill Davis |first=Jill A. |last=Davis |date=November 30, 2002 |newspaper=Esquire |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |access-date=October 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611152803/http://www.esquire.com/women/10-things-you-dont-know-about-women/ESQ1202-DEC_10THINGS?click=main_sr |url-status=dead }} * "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)

== Fellowship == The '''Jill Davis Fellowship''' is a literary fellowship awarded to an incoming student in the MFA program at New York University's Creative Writing Program.<ref name="nyu-fellowships">{{cite web |title=Fellowships and Literary Outreach |url=https://as.nyu.edu/departments/cwp/graduate/fellowships-and-literary-outreach.html |website=New York University |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref><ref name="davis-philanthropy">{{cite web |title=Edward Conard and Jill Davis |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/find-a-grant/major-donors/edward-conard-and-jill-davis |website=Inside Philanthropy |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/30340/Jill_A_Davis/index.aspx www.harpercollins.com Author bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324121116/http://harpercollins.com/authors/30340/Jill_A_Davis/index.aspx |date=2008-03-24 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515050937/http://jilldavis.com/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|0996101|Jill Davis}}

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