Jill Santopolo

Jill Santopolo is an American author of women’s fiction and romance novels and children’s books. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Jill has a BA in English Literature from Columbia University, an MFA in Writing for Children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and a certificate in Intellectual Property Law from NYU. She has worked as a thesis advisor at The New School in their MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults and was on the faculty of the Columbia Publishing Course. Jill has also traveled extensively to speak about writing and storytelling throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. In addition to her career as an author, Jill is also the publisher of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, where she edits critically-acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling books. Jill lives in Washington, DC and New York with her husband and daughter.