ANNABELLE GURWITCH is an actress, activist, and New York Times Bestselling author of six books and two-time finalist for the Thurber Prize.
Her essays have appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Hadassah amongst other publications. Annabelle co-hosted the fan favorite Dinner & a Movie on TBS, was a regular commentator for NPR, TV appearances include Seinfeld, Dexter, Better Things. She is a Jewish mother, a terrible gardener, an even worse ukulele player, a lung cancer survivor and patient advocate, and an unrepentant cat lady who lives in Los Angeles. Annabelle's ancestors immigrated to the American South in the early of the 20th century, settling along the Mississippi, and later in Alabama. She's a member of the Shalom Y'all tribe whose history is lovingly documented at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience here in NOLA.
