Jill Dearman

Jill Dearman is a writer who produces socially engaged crime fiction focused on queer history and intersectional feminism. Her novel Jazzed, published by Vine Leaves Press in 2022, is a gender-swapped take on the Leopold and Loeb case. She also works as an astrologer and has written seven books, according to a 2025 interview. Per Bold Journey, she teaches writing at NYU and has also worked as an editor, a writing coach, and an HIV counselor during the AIDS crisis.