Julie Klausner
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. 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. 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. Klausner has written for television programs like Best Week Ever, Mulaney, and Billy on the Street, as well as pop culture websites like The Awl 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". 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.