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Jen Lancaster

New York Times Bestselling-Memoirist and Author of If You Were Here: A Novel

Jen Lancaster is the New York Times–bestselling author of My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict’s Attempt to Discover If Not Being a Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or a Culture-Up Manifesto; Bitter Is the New Black; Pretty in Plaid; Such a Pretty Fat; and Bright Lights, Big Ass. A nationally syndicated monthly columnist for Tribune Media Services’ Humor Hotel, she lives in Chicago.

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"Jen Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls and a supercute handbag."

—Jennifer Coburn, author of The Wife of Reilly

Speaking Topics

  • If You Were Here: A Novel
  • My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict’s Attempt to Discover if Not Being A Dumb Ass is the New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto
  • Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
  • Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
  • Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart Ass Phase
  • Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist’s Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

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