Join us at The Dreamland for another great installment of our long-running Conversations series featuring well-known actress, author, producer, and Nantucket summer resident Jill Kargman in a wide-ranging conversation with Nantucket’s own powerhouse author and producer Elin Hilderbrand.

Bios:

Jill Kargman is a writer and actress born and raised in New York City. After graduating Yale in three years, she worked in magazines, with articles published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Town & Country, ELLE, DAZED, Condé Nast Traveller, andInterview, and others. She went on to become a New York Times bestselling author of twelve books including Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut, The Right Address, Sprinkle Glitter On My Grave, and Momzillas, which was the basis of her scripted comedy Odd Mom Out, currently streaming on Peacock. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and as a contributor to the Drew Barrymore Show and the Today Show. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three kids. 

Elin Hilderbrand has lived year-round on Nantucket for thirty years. She’s the #1 NYT bestselling author of 31 books. Her novel THE PERFECT COUPLE has been adapted into a six-episode limited series with Netflix starring Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Eve Hewson. Hilderbrand is the co-host of the literary podcast Books, Beach and Beyond along with @timtalksbooks creator, Tim Ehrenberg. Presently she and her daughter Shelby Cunningham are writing two novels set at a New England boarding school. The first book, The Academy, will come out in September 2025. Hilderbrand is a ten-year breast cancer survivor. She enjoys cooking for her young adult children, going to the beach, and occasionally popping into the Chicken Box. 

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