Andy Borowitz is an award-winning comedian and New York Times bestselling author. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard College, where he became President of the Harvard Lampoon. In 1998, he began contributing humor to The New Yorker’s “Shouts & Murmurs” and “Talk of the Town” departments, and in 2001, he created “The Borowitz Report,” a satirical news column, which has millions of readers around the world. In 2012, The New Yorker began publishing “The Borowitz Report.” As a storyteller, he hosted “Stories at the Moth” from 1999 to 2009. As a comedian, he has played to sold-out venues around the world, including during his national tour, “Make America Not Embarrassing Again,” from 2018 to 2020. He is the first-ever winner of the National Press Club’s humor award. Profiles in Ignorance was published on September 13th.

Judith Ivey is a two-time Tony Award winner for her roles in Steaming and Hurlyburly, and an Obie Award winner for The Moonshot Tape. Additional theater credits include The Heiress, The Audience, and Fireflies at the Long Wharf Theatre, in addition to her many Off-Broadway and regional directing credits. A member of the Texas Film Hall of Fame, her film and television career includes roles in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Down Home, Designing Women, The Devil’s Advocate, What the Deaf Man Heard, for which she earned an Emmy nomination, Will & Grace, What Alice Found, The Flags of Our Fathers, Nurse Jackie, Big Love, White Collar, New Amsterdam, The Accidental Wolf, and the forthcoming film Women Talking.

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of nine novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Miller's Valley, and Alternate Side. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.