Jen Spyra has worked in nearly every kind of comedy there is: penning stories for The Onion, writing sketches and one-liners as a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, contributing pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney’s, and taking the stage for improv at UCB Theatre in Manhattan. Her book, Big Time, was released by Penguin Random House in 2021 to wide critical acclaim.  She holds an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern.