Simon Rich is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was president of The Harvard Lampoon. Shortly after graduation he became a writer for Saturday Night Live. He worked on Inside Out for Pixar and is currently writing and producing the hit comedy Man Seeking Woman. He lives in New York City.
Truly hilarious -- Eva Wiseman * Observer * Simon Rich is outrageously, lavishly gifted -- Caitlin Moran An appealing mixture of subtle and laugh-out-loud funny * Independent on Sunday * The super-funny Simon Rich . . . a literary romcom . . . Properly laugh-out-loud funny and sweetly charming. You'll be rooting for the angels to save the world * Heat * A romcom with Armageddon hanging in the balance, it's written with a lightness of touch that makes it a breezy read * Herald * Like Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Rich drags heaven down to Earth ... Rich knows how to balance the smart with the funny * New York Times Book Review * One of the best American comic novels of the past few years -- Michael Schaub * NPR * Divinely funny * Vanity Fair * One of the funniest writers in America ... feels like a little love letter to the world * Daily Beast * Deliciously funny * Kirkus * Like Kevin Smith's Dogma via Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, it takes a lovingly satirical swipe at religion. * Grazia *