Cynthia Kaplan

Cynthia Kaplan is the author of two collections of comic essays, Why I'm Like This: True Stories and Leave the Building Quickly. She has written for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and New York Magazine, among many others, as well as for television and film. She lives in New York City with her family and difficult dog and frequently performs with her band, The Cynthia Kaplan Ordeal.