Katie Schwartz is a comedy writer and an essayist. She is also a health/humor writer for LIVESTRONG.com and The Examiner. Katie is the Founder of Dear Thyroid, a literary support community for thyroid patients and families.

As an aside, the song “As Time Goes By”, creeps her out, seriously, don’t send her the song.

Katie’s work has been featured in Ostrich Ink, Monkeybicycle, Dirty Humor Issue #5, Farmhouse Magazine, “Winner of the 2006 Editor’s Choice Awards, Girlistic Magazine, Opium Magazine, Tastes like Chicken, and 6S, among other fabulous publications. You can read her previous daily rants about life, love—or lack thereof and social commentary right here or at her former blog, All the Way from Oy to Vey, to stay abreast of her nonsense.

Katie’s first collection of non-fiction essays titled “Emotionally Pantsed” is forthcoming, date TBA. Currently, she is working on several projects, to be announced soon. Patience, my darlings, it’s like a virtue, I think.  You can read reviews/interviews about “Emotionally Pantsed: Katie Schwartz Farmhouse Magazine Interview Emotionally Pantsed Reviews, Farmhouse Magazine, Jonuel Pozo.

Katie began writing, by performing stand-up comedy, which is ironic considering her acute stage fright. But, hey, a girl does what a girl has to do. In this case, she built a bridge and got right the fuck over it because she loves writing thatmuch. She performed stand-up at some fabbylish venues, Stand Up New York, New York Comedy Club, Boston Comedy Club, The Comedy Store and many Gay Pride Festivals throughout California. Many of her essays have debuted at Comedy Central’s Sit-n-Spin Writer’s Series. Katie was also a proud participant in Hollywood Hell House and the 2008 Pilcrow Lit Fest as a Panelist and Reader.

To find out more about Katie’s current projects, who she’s working with, and all that good dish; email her. Ga’head. She loves email.

You can friend Katie on Facebook, GoodReads, JewGlue, LinkedIn and RedRoom. If that’s not enough, follow her onTwitter, where she OCD’s super hard.