Patricia Marx

For the Brazilian singer-songwriter, see Patricia Marx (singer).
Patricia Marx
BornAbington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Humorist
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (BA)

Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. She currently works as a staff writer for The New Yorker, and teaches at Columbia University, Princeton University and 92nd Street Y.[1]

Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, she earned her B.A. from Harvard University in 1975. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker,[2] Vogue, and The Atlantic Monthly. Marx is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats, and the first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon.[3][4][5] She is the author of the 2007 novel, Him Her Him Again The End of Him, as well as several humor books and children's books.[6]

  1. ^ From the endpaper of Starting from Happy; she teaches Screenwriting.
  2. ^ "Contributors: Patricia Marx". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  3. ^ Kipnis, Laura (2007-01-24). "Women in Love". Slate. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  4. ^ Kinsley, Susan F (1971-12-10). "Lampoon Admits First Two Women". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  5. ^ The Starting from Happy endpaper states that she was the first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon.
  6. ^ "MFAW-VT, Visiting Writers Profiles". Goddard College. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2007-02-01.