Jill Stuck is a writer and improviser / educator based in Chicago, IL. Jill is a faculty member teaching Writing for Young Readers at Alma College's MFA in Creative Writing. She holds a MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts’ Writing for Children and Young Adults Program and has taught writing workshops with Writing Heights, Storymakers, and upcoming with Leaf Journal’s On Writing for Young People: Conference 2026 and StoryCon. Prior to becoming a writer, she studied improvisation at The Second City and iO Theater where she founded and directed Storytown, a fully improvised, interactive adventure for kids for 13 years. Through Storytown, she worked to cultivate creativity and arts appreciation while introducing audiences to story structure and problem solving and creative expression. She continues to teach improv to kids and kids-at-heart age pre-K through 86. Her debut picture is scheduled for publication fall 2028 with Holiday House.

Jill Stuck is represented by Christie Megill at The CAT Agency.