Jill Corcoran is President and Founder of Jill Corcoran Literary Agency. Writer turned literary agent, Jill opened the West Coast arm of Herman Agency in 2009, then launched JCLA in 2014. Having sold over 200 titles, Jill represents many award-winning authors and illustrators, including New York Times Bestsellers, the former US Children’s Poet Laureate, and Famous Monsters of Filmland/American Gothic Press.
After earning an English degree from Stanford University and a Marketing and Finance MBA from the University of Chicago School of Business, Jill marketed everything from Disney toys to Kellog’s Cereal to sneakers. She worked for Mattel, LA Gear, Leo Burnett Advertising, and her own...