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Simon Rich
Simon Rich (born June 5, 1984) is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter. He has published two novels and six collections of humor pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker. His novels and short stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Rich was one of the youngest writers ever hired on Saturday Night Live, and served as a staff writer for Pixar. On January 14, 2015, Man Seeking Woman, a television comedy series created by Rich (and based on his short story collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth), premiered on the cable channel FXX.
Rich was born and raised in New York City. His family is Jewish. His father is columnist Frank Rich; his mother, Gail Winston, is also a writer. His older brother is novelist Nathaniel Rich. His step-mother, Alex Witchel, is a reporter for The New York Times.
Rich attended the Town School and the Dalton School. After graduating, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he became president of the Harvard Lampoon. He was classmates with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
After graduating from Harvard, Rich wrote for Saturday Night Live for four years (2007-2011). The staff was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety Series in 2009 and 2010.
Rich departed to work as a staff writer for Pixar.
In 2013 and 2014, he was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.
Rich has had pieces published in McSweeney's, The Believer, GQ, The Observer magazine, Mad magazine, Vanity Fair, UK Glamour, Italian GQ, Italian Granta, NPR.com, NPR's "Selected Shorts," and The Barcelona Review, among other publications.
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Simon Rich
Simon Rich (born June 5, 1984) is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter. He has published two novels and six collections of humor pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker. His novels and short stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Rich was one of the youngest writers ever hired on Saturday Night Live, and served as a staff writer for Pixar. On January 14, 2015, Man Seeking Woman, a television comedy series created by Rich (and based on his short story collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth), premiered on the cable channel FXX.
Rich was born and raised in New York City. His family is Jewish. His father is columnist Frank Rich; his mother, Gail Winston, is also a writer. His older brother is novelist Nathaniel Rich. His step-mother, Alex Witchel, is a reporter for The New York Times.
Rich attended the Town School and the Dalton School. After graduating, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he became president of the Harvard Lampoon. He was classmates with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
After graduating from Harvard, Rich wrote for Saturday Night Live for four years (2007-2011). The staff was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety Series in 2009 and 2010.
Rich departed to work as a staff writer for Pixar.
In 2013 and 2014, he was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.
Rich has had pieces published in McSweeney's, The Believer, GQ, The Observer magazine, Mad magazine, Vanity Fair, UK Glamour, Italian GQ, Italian Granta, NPR.com, NPR's "Selected Shorts," and The Barcelona Review, among other publications.