16 Facts About Simon Rich

Simon Rich was born on June 5,1984 and is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter.

Simon Rich has published two novels and six collections of humor pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker.

On January 14,2015, Man Seeking Woman, a television comedy series created by Simon Rich, premiered on the cable channel FXX.

Simon Rich's family is Jewish but they were not religious when he was growing up.

Simon Rich's mother is Gail Winston while his father is columnist Frank Rich.

Simon Rich's step-mother, Alex Witchel, is a reporter for The New York Times.

In 2013 and 2014, Simon Rich was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.

Simon Rich has had pieces published in McSweeney's, The Believer, GQ, The Observer magazine, Mad magazine, Vanity Fair, UK Glamour, Italian GQ, Italian Granta, NPR.

Simon Rich's writing has been selected for numerous anthologies including The Best of McSweeney's, and I Found This Funny, edited by Judd Apatow.

Simon Rich wrote the screenplay for the film An American Pickle, which premiered in 2020.

Simon Rich is slated to write the script based on the illustrated book Unicorn Executions, to be produced by Universal Studios.

Simon Rich released his third collection of stories, The Last Girlfriend on Earth, in 2013.

In 2012, Simon Rich published his second novel, What in God's Name, which The New York Times Book Review compared to Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Rich's first play, All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich, which is based on some of his short stories, was set to premiere on Broadway on December 11,2024.

Simon Rich has called Woody Allen his hero, specifically citing his short-story collections as major influences.

Simon Rich has cited Roald Dahl and Mel Brooks as influences.