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Jillian Anthony

Writer / Content Strategist / Podcast Host

Jillian Anthony is a writer, editor, content strategist, and podcast host located in Austin, Texas. She hosts the Cruel Summer Book Club podcast where she has conversations about change with creatives like New York Times bestselling author Ashley C. Ford, and authors a newsletter of the same name.

Jillian recently freelanced for several tech companies including Road.Travel, Ro, and Mashable. Previously she was the Deputy Editorial Director of North America at Culture Trip and Editor in Chief of Time Out New York. Jillian’s work has been published at Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveler, Pop-Up magazine, Los Angeles magazine, and many other websites and publications. She has interviewed everyone from Roxane Gay to Joan Rivers.

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