Jill A. Davis (born 1966) is an American author and television writer. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America. She was nominated for 5 Emmy awards for her 6 years of work as a writer for Dave Letterman. Her first novel, Girls' Poker Night (published by Random House in 2002), ISBN 0375505148 , was a New York Times bestseller. It was published in 5 languages, and twelve countries. Her second novel, Ask Again Later, ISBN 9780060875961, was published by Ecco in February 2007, and is now held by almost 900 libraries.

Prior to working in television, Davis was a newspaper reporter and columnist . After leaving the Late Show, 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.

Davis, originally from Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Endicott College and Emerson College, majoring in journalism. She has an Honorary PhD of Arts & Letters from Endicott.

She is married and lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

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Novels

2007 Ask Again Later ISBN 978-0-06-087596-1, ISBN 978-0-06-087597-8 (hardcover)
2002 Girls' Poker Night ISBN 0-375-50514-8 (hardcover)

Collections/humor

1996 David Letterman’s New Book of Top Ten Lists and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Brideby 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 Recipesby David Letterman, Steve O'Donnell, et al. ISBN 0-553-10222-2
1996 Home Cookin’ with Dave’s Momby 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)

Foreign Editions

Girls' Poker Night (Japan) ISBN 4-16-766131-4
Herz-Ass für die Liebe (Germany) ISBN 3-426-62478-8
Ci Vediamo Da Ruby ISBN 88-8451-236-0
Girls' Poker Night (UK) ISBN 0-7499-3336-4
No? ?enskog pokera (Croatia) ISBN 953-6897-31-8
Ne Bih Sad O Tome (Croatia) ISBN 978-953-7056-65-0

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 The Late Show with David Letterman (NBC) (writer)
Half Magic, film (Nickelodeon Films) (writer)

Articles

"10 Things You Don't Know About Women: Jill Davis" (Esquire, November 30 2002)
"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)

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Total Books: 17

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2004 - Girls' Poker Night (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780345469670
ISBN-10: 0345469674
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.

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2003 - Girls' Poker Night [High Stakes] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780812966831
ISBN-10: 081296683X
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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