Jillian Bullock

Jillian Bullock is the author of Here I Stand (memoir), Health Is Made In The Kitchen and her upcoming debut novel Shadows of Love, Betrayal & Murder. She is also an award winning filmmaker and the CEO of Jillian Bullock Enterprises, LLC, a film and entertainment production company based in Pennsylvania.

Writing is my first love. I got my start in writing at age ten with short stories about my white stepfather, who was a member of the Philadelphia Italian Mafia. When I showed him an essay I planned to enter into a writing contest at school, he encouraged me to keep writing, but never anything about the Mob. After he explained to me why I couldn’t, I kept the essay, but changed all the names and the city. I won first place and received a $25 gift certificate and an award. 


When most kids my age were outside playing jacks, touch football, jump rope or hide-and-go seek, I was in the house reading books from various authors, including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison, F Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, Langston Hughes, and Alice Walker.


When I was in college, I worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal newspaper. Over the years, I honed my writing skills as a journalist and a screenwriter. Today, I use my extensive knowledge and expertise as a screenwriting instructor and script consultant. Since 2007, I have been a screenwriting judge for the Set In Philadelphia Screenwriting Contest, which is sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Film Office.