JillEllyn Riley

JillEllyn Riley is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer, collaborator, and editor known for helping authors craft their most powerful, authentic stories. It all comes down to voice — listening, honing, and developing the author’s distinctive voice in deep partnership. JillEllyn relishes her work with beginning memoirists, novelists, and burgeoning writers as they launch their publishing journey, specializing in mission-driven collaborations, particularly memoir; narrative nonfiction; cultural history; women’s issues; social & popular psychology; literary and upmarket fiction, as well as middle grade/YA fiction. Some of her authors include Madeleine Albright, Julianna Barbassa, Mel Brooks, Sue Coe, Eoin Colfer, Amy Cuddy, Arianna Huffington, Adam Gopnik, Judith Newman, and Rick Riordan, along with others whose names may not be as familiar but whose projects are just as essential, urgent, and unique. Her own writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Atlantic. As a ghostwriter and developmental editor, she’s helped secure many major deals and six-figure+ advances with major publishers and indies.