Jill Twiss

Adjunct Instructor

Jll Twiss

Jill Twiss is a comedy writer who has won multiple Emmys, WGA Awards, and Peabody Awards for her work as a Senior Writer on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. She was also a writer on Peacock's The Amber Ruffin Show.

In addition, Jill is an author who has written several children's books, including the New York Times #1 bestseller, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo and The Someone New. Her latest book, I Will Always Be Me helps ALS patients bank their voices, so they can speak through the computer even after the disease has taken their speaking voices.

In her "spare" time, Jill has written for the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN and the Jimmy Awards at the Minskoff Theater. She recently had a reading of her play, "Sex Convention," about the ballsy, imperfect women of the Seneca Falls Convention.