Claire Zulkey is the author of AN OFF YEAR, published in 2009 and nominated as one of the ALA’s 2010 Best Books for Young Adults. Since 2002 Claire has run the blog Zulkey.com which has been mentioned in places like the New Yorker and USA Today. She is a television critic and contributor to the Los Angeles Times and AV Club. She lives in Chicago where she runs the literary humor reading series Funny Ha-Ha.
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