Jill Davis

Biography Davis, originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Endicott College and Emerson College, majoring in creative writing. She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU and has an honorary Ph.D. in Arts & Letters from Endicott.

Prior to working in television, Davis was a newspaper reporter and columnist. 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.

Works Novels

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. 1995 David Letterman’s Book of Top Ten Lists and Zest Lo-Cal Chicken Recipesby David Letterman, Steve O'Donnell, et al. 1996 Home Cookin’ with Dave’s Momby David Letterman, foreword by David Letterman and Jill Davis.

Short stories 2004 "New York" (in Girls' Night In, ed. Lauren Henderson, Chris Manby, Sarah Mlynowski, ) 2004 "Sister Goddess Ruby" (in May Contain Nuts: A Very Loose Canon of American Humor, ed. Michael J. Rosen, )

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

"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.