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Jill Twiss

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Redmond, Oregon, The United States

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Children's, Humor and Comedy

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Jill Twiss is the author of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents: A Day In The Life of Marlon Bundo, a New York Times #1 Bestseller. She is also a comedy writer who won multiple Emmys, WGA Awards, and Peabody Awards for her work as a staff writer on HBO’s "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver".

In her not-so-spare time, Jill writes sentences for the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN and is working on a play about the women of the Seneca Falls Convention. She would very much like to own a pet penguin and name him Tater Tot. ...more

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	A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss (Goodreads Author), E.G. Keller (Illustrator) 4.64 avg rating — 17,971 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Someone New: A Sweet Picture Book About a Chipmunk Overcoming Fear and Welcoming a Snail for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Jill Twiss (Goodreads Author), E.G. Keller (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyone Gets a Say by Jill Twiss (Goodreads Author), E.G. Keller (Illustrations) 4.02 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Major Makes History: From the Shelter to the White House by Jill Twiss (Goodreads Author), Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Inc. 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bookstores, Libraries, and The Someone New

When I was a kid I went to no less than eleven schools in twelve years.* And every time I moved to a new town, I’d look for two things -- the bookstore and the library. Those were the places where I knew I would be safe in whatever unfamiliar town I had just been dropped into. Bookstores were my sanctuaries in a new town and books were my first friends.

So that brings me to "The Someone New". After Read more of this blog post »

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“Stink bugs are temporary.

Love is forever.”
― Jill Twiss, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

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