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ANNABELLE GURWITCH
Best Selling Author * Humorist * Actress * Activist |
TOPICS
Women Jewish Cancer TRAVELS FROM
Los Angeles, CA |
BIO
ANNABELLE GURWITCH is a New York Times Bestselling author, actress and activist whose most recent collection of essays "You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility" is a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022. She was the longtime cohost of the fan favorite "Dinner & a Movie" on TBS and a regular commentator on NPR. She's performed on the Moth Mainstage, at Carolines on Broadway, and at arts centers around the country.
Annabelle has been chronicling living with stage iv lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during covid. She's given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including: Vienna, Rome, and Brisbane. She co-hosts the podcast, "Tiny Victories," dedicated to appreciating small mercies and minor triumphs on the Maximum Fun Podcast Network. |
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PREVIOUS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
92nd street Y The New York and Aspen Comedy Festivals Google Talks The Carter Center George Washington University Rancho Mirage Writers Conference The Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer 202 Vienna Multi-Omics Conference 2022 Brisbane Akoya Biosciences Global Sales Meeting 2023,J Jewish Free Loans of Los Angeles Gala Lung Cancer Research Foundation Women of Valor Luncheon Metro JCC Artist in Residence at Canyon Ranch Tucson El Encanto Hotel Literary Luncheon Series Santa Barbara The Charlotte Jewish Federation UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Miami Book Fest The Nashville Library Annapolis Book Fest Erma Bombeck Writers Conference The Reason Rally on the National Mall 75th Gala of the World Wildlife Federation five Jewish Book Council tours two appearances at South by SouthWest. |
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