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- Jess's first book of fiction, My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare will be published by Twelve Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, in July, 2008. Cary Goldstein will edit and handle publicity for the major international release. For tour dates, see the Appearances page. For information about bookings, please see the Contact page.
- Check out "The Bard as Pundit," Jess's recent op-ed piece that appeared in the Los Angeles Times, discussing what Shakespeare might make of American democracy in general and our presidential candidates in particular.
- Jess will write and produce an animated version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest for Starz/Film Roman along with Barry Blumberg, former president of Walt Disney Television Animation.
- Jess is currently hunkered down in Hollywood, working on his second novel.