Laurie Notaro is a #1 New York Times best-selling American writer, born in October 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. She co-founded Planet Magazine and served as a senior editor at Tucson Monthly, a full-color city magazine. Notaro was a columnist for ten years at The Arizona Republic.

In October 2001, her book The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club was picked up by Random House, leading to eleven books. She has also published with Simon & Schuster, including Crossing the Horizon and Potty Mouth at the Table. Her latest book, Excuse Me While I Disappear, published by Little A, is a collection of musings on a Gen X-er becoming an AARP-er.

Numerous articles, essays, and novels have followed, and she was a finalist for The Thurber Award for American Humor. She has contributed to The New York Times, Glamour, Oprah, BARK Magazine, USA Today, Village Voice Media, and BUST.

Notaro was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in journalism. She currently resides in Eugene, Oregon with her husband.