About the Author: JILL ELAINE HUGHES is a professional playwright, novelist, journalist and freelance writer with more than 15 years' experience in publishing and professional writing/editing.  She has contributed to many newspapers and national magazines, including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Yahoo! Shine, the Chicago Reader, the New Art Examiner, Cat Fancy magazine, and many others.  Her plays have received productions nationwide and internationally, are widely published, and have been anthologized alongside Pulitzer and Tony winners.  She is also a published novelist under the pen names "Jamaica Layne" and "Jay Hughes", and recently began self-publishing New Adult fiction under her own name.

Ms. Hughes' current New Adult fiction titles include:
 Templand

Domino: A New Adult Erotic Thriller


 Zombie, Incorporated.

Ms. Hughes' book-length fiction and nonfiction is represented by Marisa Corvisiero of the Corvisiero Agency:

Marisa Corvisiero (marisaATcorvisieroagencyDOTcom)
Corvisiero Literary Agency

275 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor
New York NY10016 USA
646-217-8396 (phone)
646-217-3758 (fax)

Ms. Hughes also has nearly two decades of experience as a professional writer/editor in the corporate and academic worlds, and currently works as a freelance writer/communications specialist serving multiple clients. 

Browse this site for information on Ms. Hughes' creative and corporate writing career.