Samantha Irby
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About
Comedian, essayist, and television writer who created the blog bitches gotta eat. Her writing covers her personal life, and health issues concerning Crohn's disease, degenerative arthritis, and depression. She has written and produced shows including Shrill, Tuca & Bertie, and And Just Like That...
Before Fame
She attended Northern Illinois University, but dropped out before graduating.
Trivia
Her books include We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Quietly Hostile, and Wow, No Thank You. She received the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction.
Family Life
In 2016, she married Kirsten Jennings. As a teenager, she cared for her mother who had multiple sclerosis. Both her mother and father died within six months of each other.
Associated With
She wrote two episodes of the series Work in Progress starring Abby McEnany and Julia Sweeney.
