Annabelle Gurwitch

ANNABELLE GURWITCH is an actress, activist and author of five books including the New York Times bestseller I See You Made an Effort (also a Thurber Prize finalist); You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up (with Jeff Kahn); and Fired! (which was also a Showtime Comedy Special). Her essays and satire regularly appear in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, The New Yorker, and Hadassah. Her essay which appears in You're Leaving When? with the title "If You Lived With Me You'd Be Home by Now" about opening her home to young people experiencing homelessness appeared in short form in the Los Angeles Times and was recognized with a 2020 Excellence in Journalism award from the Los Angeles Press Club. Gurwitch gained a loyal following during her stint cohosting Dinner and a Movie on TBS and years as a regular commentator on NPR. Her many acting credits include Seinfeld, Boston Legal, Dexter, and Melvin Goes to Dinner. A veteran of many lauded and even more misguided theatrical productions, pre-covid she performed with The Moth Mainstage and at arts centers around the country and she hopes to do that again. She co-hosts the Tiny Victories Podcast a fifteen minute weekly podcast which Vulture called a "bright spot of light in 2020." Find out more at annabellegurwitch.com.