On January 17, 2026, Jill happily signed copies of GEMMA SOMMERSET at Northshire Bookstore inManchester, VT. Photo by her son, Brad Coupe, who managed to get them there on time despite a snowstorm!

Pictured below are the July 2017 participants in a 5-day writing workshop in Taos, NM. Left to right: John Dufresne (workshop leader), Cully Perlman, Karen Kravit, Teddy Jones, Jill Coupe, David Norman, Peter Stravlo, and Jim Bob Jones. Photo by Garry Kravit.

On May 30, 2017, escorted by her son, Jill attended the Independent Publisher Book Awards ceremony in New York, where she received her first gold medal in anything, ever.

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