Writing Infinity Jokes With Jill Twiss

First Draft Episode #267: Jill Twiss

Jill Twiss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Day in the
Life of Marlon Bundo and Emmy winning comedy writer on Last Week
Tonight, talks about her latest picture book, Everyone Gets a
Say, with illustrator EG Keller.


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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




Laurie Kilmartin, comedian and writer for Conan




Nell Scovell, writer, producer, director, and author of Just
the Funny Parts and co-writer for Lean In with Sheryl
Sandberg, writer for The Simpsons and creator of Sabrina: The
Teenage Witch




Marlon Bundo




The New Yorker review of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo




E. G. Keller, illustrator of Marlon Bundo




The Trevor Project




AIDS United




Brenda Bowen at The Book Group, Jill’s literary agent




 


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