Jess Hendel is an LA-based author and screenwriter.

She has a BA in Sociology from Amherst College and an MFA in Writing for Screen and Television from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her original scripts have been top placements in numerous prestigious competitions, including WeScreenplay and the Page International Screenwriting Awards. She is represented by Richard Abate and Ari Lubet at 3Arts.

Jess identifies as a bassist, a Trekkie, a futurist, an anarchist, and a Ravenclaw. When she isn’t reading and writing all things “genre,” she loves playing open-world RPGs, playing DnD, settling Catan, and learning new instruments. Catch her on bass with SoCal alt-rock band Solar Sister and in the upcoming synth-pop collective True Vacation.



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