
BIO
JESSICA JIJI was born and raised in New York City where she produces documentaries for the United Nations and writes speeches for its Secretary-General. Growing up with an Iraqi father taught her to love her Arab culture and appreciate the immigrant hustle. Two of her novels were published by HarperCollins and a third won the Indies Today Best Humor Award. She is part of Roadmap Writers Top Tier and earned the Page International Screenwriting Awards Gold Prize, among other accolades. Skateboarding with her three sons is more than worth the twenty stitches and nine-inch metal plate holding her arm together.