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Simon Rich (born June 5, 1984) is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter. He has published two novels and six collections of humor pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker. His novels and short stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Jul 28, 2021 · The writer and comedian talks about his short story collection New Teeth, his time at Saturday Night Live, and his love for Beauty and the Beast. Read the interview to learn how he balances comedy and emotion, and how the pandemic influenced his work.
- Matt Patches
May 6, 2024 · Fiction by Simon Rich: “We are both strangers to this world,” Death Skull intoned. “Maligned, misunderstood. We make our own paths, live by our own rules.”
May 6, 2024 · Deborah Treisman interviews the writer Simon Rich about “We’re Not So Different, You and I,” his story from the May 13, 2024, issue of The New Yorker.
- Deborah Treisman
From SNL to Pixar to his latest collection “New Teeth,” Simon Rich tells The Last Laugh podcast why he’ll never stop taking “big swings.”
- Matt Wilstein
- Senior Editor
Simon Rich is an American writer, producer and actor, known for An American Pickle, Miracle Workers and Saturday Night Live. He was born in 1984 and is the son of The New York Times editor Frank Rich.
Apr 18, 2022 · Shouts & Murmurs by Simon Rich: Decades of the running, the jumping, and the smashing the bricks with the head takes its toll. Sorry, Princess, it’s spinal-fusion time.
