Andy Borowitz

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.

His latest book, Profiles In Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber, was an instant New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Indiebound bestseller, and was named one of the seven best nonfiction books of fall 2022 by Kirkus Reviews. He is the first-ever winner of the National Press Club’s humor award. He lives with his family in New Hampshire.

Books in order of publication:

2000 – The Trillionaire Next Door – The Greedy Investor’s Guide to Day Trading. New York City, New York: HarperBusiness.

2003 – Who Moved My Soap? – The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in Prison. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster.

2004 – Governor Arnold – A Photodiary of His First 100 Days in Office. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster.

2004 – The Borowitz Report – The Big Book of Shockers. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

2006 – The Republican Playbook. New York City, New York: Hyperion Books.

2009 – Who Moved My Soap? – The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in Prison – The Bernie Madoff Edition. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster.

2011 – The 50 Funniest American Writers* (*according to Andy Borowitz) – An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion. New York City, New York: Library of America.

2022 – Profiles in Ignorance – How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster.