JillEllyn Riley

JillEllyn Riley is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer and editor, with extensive experience in crafting and telling stories. It all comes down to voice — listening, honing, and developing the author’s authentic one. JillEllyn specializes in mission-driven nonfiction collaborations, particularly memoir; narrative nonfiction; women’s issues; cultural & social history; progressive politics; and social & popular psychology, as well as young adult & middle grade. Amy Cuddy, Julianna Barbassa, Judith Newman, artist Sue Coe, and ALS activist Brian Wallach are among her authors. As a ghostwriter and developmental editor, her projects have garnered six-figure advances and sold to major publishers.

Her two NYT #1 bestsellers The Confidence Code for Girls and Living the Confidence Code were written with Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. Her pieces have also appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, Time, CNN, and the Washington Post. JillEllyn was formerly the editorial director of Miramax Books, working with literary and political thought leaders such as Martin Amis, Madeleine Albright, Karenna Gore, Arianna Huffington, and Adam Gopnick.