Aftermath, based on interviews they conducted in 2008 with Iraqi civilian refugees in Jordan. Blank directed Aftermath off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop; it was nominated for two Drama League awards and toured internationally for two years. They have a new documentary play under commission at The Public Theater with original music by Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Earle. Their play, "How To Be A Rock Critic" (based on the writings of Lester Bangs), received a commission from Center Theatre Group and was produced at the Kirk Douglas Theater, South Coast Repertory, ArtsEmerson, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Off Broadway at The Public Theater, with Jensen starring and Blank directing. They are at work on a new documentary play, under commission from the Public Theater, in collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Earle entitled Coal Country at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. "Liberty City," a play co-written by Blank and April Yvette Thompson, was produced Off-Broadway by New York Theatre Workshop in 2008, with Blank directing. It has toured to Miami and elsewhere. It was nominated for Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards, and won Chicago's Jeff award in 2015. Blank and Jensen wrote "The Line" in 2020 which tells the story about New York City health-care workers fighting against COVID-19. The one-hour documentary-style production was directed by Blank, produced and presented by the Public, and streamed on YouTube until September 1st, 2020. Television writer Blank also writes for television with Erik Jensen. In 2015 she wrote a pilot for "The Negotiator" for Gaumont TV. Book author Blank's novel, Almost Home, was published in October 2007 by Hyperion. In 2016, Almost Home was made into a feature film, adapted and directed by Blank and Jensen. Her second novel, Karma For Beginners, was published by Hyperion in 2009. Her third novel, Legacy, was published by Penguin in 2018. Her writing has also been published in magazines and journals including The Believer, The Dramatist, Another Magazine, and Theatre History Studies. Acting coach, professor, consultant and speaker Jessica is also a coach for professional writers a professor at Juilliard School and a consultant and frequent speaker on story, neuroscience and social change. References External links https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4357020/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7 https://www.jessicacblank.com Living people American film actresses American television actresses 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Macalester College alumni University of Minnesota alumni Writers from New Haven, Connecticut Year of birth missing (living people)