Kate Herzlin (Writer)

Kate Herzlin is a comedy writer, playwright, and screenwriter who overuses the rule of three. Her co-written feminist joke book, Jokes to Offend Men, was featured as the #2 Best Comedy Book of 2022 by Vulture; named in the New York Magazine Approval Matrix as "Highbrow Brilliant;" and called "not that funny" by a man online who didn't read it. Her humor writing has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Belladonna Comedy, and more. Her co-written McSweeney's piece, "Jokes I've Told That My Male Colleagues Didn't Like", was named in the Top 20 of 2020's most-read pieces in McSweeney's. Her pilot script Halle Had Cancer, OK?, inspired by her experiences as a childhood cancer survivor, was named a Finalist for both the Athena Film Festival Writer’s Lab and the Scriptation Showcase Teleplay Awards. Her pilot Bubbe Fraud is a Top Ten Finalist for the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition. Read more (or don’t, it’s fine, no worries either way) at kateherzlinwrites.com.