Hillary Jordan is the author of the novels Mudbound and When She Woke as well as the Kindle Single "Aftermirth," all published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Hillary’s stories have been translated into 16 languages. She also co-edited, with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, the groundbreaking erotica anthology Anonymous Sex.

Mudbound won the prestigious 2006 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction and an Alex Award from the American Library Association. It was adapted into a Netflix film directed by Dee Rees and starring Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige. “Mudbound” debuted at Sundance to critical acclaim and went on to earn four Academy Award nominations.

In 2019, Hillary caught the screenwriting bug and became a WGAE member. Her film adaptation of When She Woke for 30West and ArtImage Entertainment is in pre-production. Most recently, she wrote an original screenplay about the Texas Prison Rodeo.

When she's not scribbling away, Hillary teaches the occasional writing workshop and gives talks at colleges, literary festivals, and community libraries. She has a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. She grew up in Dallas, TX and Muskogee, OK and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, along with half the writers in America.