Jill Quist is a wife, mother, writer, and writing coach. She earned her BA in Creative Writing from New York University (NYU). Her work has been published in HerStry, Minerva Rising Press, Mud Season Review, ManifeStation, and the Chicago Story Press Online Literary Journal. Her work has also been published in the anthology “Storytellers’ True Stories About Family” by the Chicago Story Press. Her story “Nothing by Mouth” was a semi-finalist in Tulip Tree Publishing’s contest, “Stories that Need to Be Told.” Her memoir, "The Best Bad Girl" will be published by Christmas Tree Press in June 2026. When she is not writing, she loves spending time and making memories with her husband, daughter, and son-in-law in New York, Florida, Colorado, London, or wherever their wanderlust takes them.