Simon Rich

Simon Rich

Simon Rich (born 1984) is an American humorist whose first book, "Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations" (ISBN 978-1-4000-6588-2), was published by Random House in April 2007.

Rich is an alumnus of The Dalton school and a former president of "The Harvard Lampoon", and the son of "The New York Times" editorialist Frank Rich. He received a two book contract from Random House prior to his graduation from Harvard University in 2007. [citeweb| url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518038|title=Rich ’06-’07 Scores a Home Run in Debut | publisher=The Harvard Crimson| accessdate = 2007-08-07]

His first book, "Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations", has been described as a collection of "giddy what-if scenarios". [citeweb| url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/04/01/scared_silly/?page=1|title=Scared Silly; Nothing inspires first-time author and Harvard Lampoon alum Simon Rich more than his own insecurities.| publisher=The Boston Globe| accessdate = 2007-08-07] Excerpts of the book were printed in "The New Yorker's" "Shouts and Murmurs" column.

He is currently a writer for Saturday Night Live.

References

External links

* [http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/03/26/070326sh_shouts_rich "The Wisdom of Children"] from "The New Yorker"
* [http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/07/23/070723sh_shouts_rich "Hey, Look"] from "The New Yorker"
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400065882 "Ant Farm"] on Random House website
* [http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/11/podcast-simon-rich-author-of-ant-farm.html Interview with and readings by Rich] on The Sound of Young America public radio program and podcast.


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