Name Jillian Medoff Role Writer | Education Barnard College Movies Hunger Point | |
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Books Hunger point, Al Filo del Hambre, I Couldn't Love You More, Good Girls Gone Bad | ||
Episode 293 | Jillian Medoff Interview
Jillian Medoff (August 21, 1963) is an American writer of literary fiction.
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Books
Her first novel, Hunger Point, was published by ReganBooks in 1997, and became the basis for an original Lifetime movie, starring Barbara Hershey and Christina Hendricks of Mad Men, which first aired in 2003. Hunger Point has been translated into a number of foreign languages, including French, Spanish, Hebrew, among others. Medoff's second novel, Good Girls Gone Bad, was published by HarperCollins in 2002, and translated into a number of foreign languages as well. Her third novel, I Couldn't Love You More, was published in May 2012 by Grand Central Publishing.
She has written a fourth novel, This Could Hurt, acquired by HarperCollins and due out in 2018.
Education and personal life
The eldest daughter of a traveling salesman, Jillian moved 17 times by age 17, ultimately settling in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a BA from Barnard College and an MFA from NYU. She has studied under the direction of Mona Simpson, Jonathan Dee, Robert Coover, and Alice Walker. She also attended Master Classes with Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Grace Paley. She is a former fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA and Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain. She briefly taught at NYU and the University of Georgia.
Corporate career
Along with writing novels, Jillian also has a career in management consulting and corporate communications. She’s worked for a wide range of employers across multiple industries, including Deloitte, Aon, Revlon, Max Factor and Medco. Now, as a Senior Consultant with The Segal Group, she advises clients on communication strategies for all aspects of the employee experience, such as workforce engagement, performance management and professional development. She’s fluent in HR practices and procedures, and has deep subject matter expertise in benefits and pay programs.