Julie Klausner

Julie Klausner
Julie Klausner at a Dogs for the Deaf benefit in April 2013
Born	(1978-07-03) July 3, 1978[1] New York City, New York
Occupation	Writer, comedienne

Julie Klausner is a New York City-based author, podcaster, and comedy writer-performer.

Her first book, I Don't Care About Your Band, was released in February 2010 by Gotham/Penguin Books.^[2] In July 2010, it was announced that Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Production Company, Gary Sanchez Productions, optioned the book for HBO. Lizzy Caplan is attached to star and co-produce.^[3]

In October 2011, The Hollywood Reporter reported that NBC had picked up a pilot based on Sue Margolis's novel, Apocolipstick, about a woman's father that dates her high-school nemesis. Klausner is set to write and executive produce the series.^[4]

Klausner has written for television programs like Best Week Ever,^[5] Mulaney,^[6] and Billy on the Street, as well as pop culture websites like The Awl^[7] and Vulture.com.

In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine featured her podcast "How Was Your Week?" in their list of "10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment".^[8]

In 2013, Klausner published her first Young Adult novel entitled Art Girls Are Easy.

In June 2014 Klausner co-starred in the pilot for a new sitcom, "Difficult People", with comedian Billy Eichner. It is produced by Amy Poehler and written by Klausner.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julie Klausner.

• Julie Klausner at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• The "How Was Your Week?" Wiki
• Listen to "How Was Your Week?"
• "A Podcast That Has Old-School Smarts", Jason Zinoman, The New York Times, 31 December 2012