![]() Rich's fourth story collection, Spoiled Brats, was published in 2014. The show was produced by Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video and ran on FXX for 3 seasons. The show was officially ordered by FXX with the leading cast of Jay Baruchel, Eric Andre, Britt Lower and Maya Erskine, with Rich as show-runner and executive producer making him one of the youngest creators in TV history. The Last Girlfriend on Earth was given a pilot order by FX within a week of its publishing as Man Seeking Woman. Reception was favorable, with The Washington Post praising the book as "hilarious," declaring, "it just might be the best one-night stand you'll ever have." Rich released his third collection of stories, The Last Girlfriend on Earth in 2013. His second collection, Free Range Chickens, was published in 2008. Rich's first book, a collection of short humor pieces entitled Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations was published in 2007 and was nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Writings Short stories Īs an undergraduate at Harvard University in 2007, Rich received a two-book contract from Random House. Rich is slated to write the script based on the illustrated book Unicorn Executions, to be produced by Universal Studios. Seth Rogen starred in the dual lead roles and served as producer. Rich wrote the screenplay for the film An American Pickle, which premiered in 2020. In 2013, Sony Pictures acquired the film rights to Rich's four-part novella Sell Out, which was originally published by the New Yorker that same year. His writing has also been selected for numerous anthologies including The Best of McSweeney's, and I Found This Funny, edited by Judd Apatow. Rich has written for 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. In 20, Rich was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List. Rich then departed to work as a staff writer for Pixar. Career Īfter graduating from Harvard, Rich wrote for Saturday Night Live for four years where 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 20. His step-mother, Alex Witchel, is a reporter for The New York Times. His older brother is the novelist and essayist Nathaniel Rich, and his parents are Gail Winston and the essayist and columnist Frank Rich. He was classmates with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. After graduating, he enrolled at Harvard University where he became president of the Harvard Lampoon. He attended The Town School, and then went on to attend Dalton School. ![]() Rich was born and raised in New York City. On January 14, 2015, Man Seeking Woman, a television comedy series created by Rich (and based upon his short story collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth) premiered on the cable channel FXX. Rich was one of the youngest writers ever hired on Saturday Night Live, and served as a staff writer for Pixar. His novels and short stories have been translated into over a dozen languages. He has published two novels and six collections of humor pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker. Simon Rich (born June 5, 1984) is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter.
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