Julie Klausner is a New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

-based author, podcaster, and comedy writer-performer, whose first book, I Don't Care About Your Band

I Don't Care About Your Band

I Don't Care About Your Band What I Learned From Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters, Felons and Other Guys I've Dated is an autobiographical memoir written by comedienne Julie Klausner...

, was released in February 2010 by Gotham/Penguin Books

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...

. In July 2010, it was announced that Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

 and Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Adam McKay is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. He is most famous for his partnership with comedian Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys....

's Production Company, Gary Sanchez Productions

Gary Sanchez Productions

Gary Sanchez Productions is a production company operated by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. They also founded the video site Funny or Die.It is named after supposed entrepreneur and financier Gary Sanchez, and is represented by Creative Artists Agency.-Film:...

, optioned the book for HBO. Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan is an American actress. In film, she is best known for her roles as Janis Ian in Mean Girls, Marlena Diamond in Cloverfield, and April in Hot Tub Time Machine...

 is attached to star and co-produce. In October 2011, The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...

 reported that NBC had picked up a pilot based on Sue Margolis's novel, Apocolipstick, about a woman's father that dates her high-school nemesis. Klausner is set to write and executive produce the series.

Klausner has written for Best Week Ever

Best Week Ever

Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009...

 and The Awl

The Awl

The Awl is a website about current events and culture. The site was founded in 2008 by David Cho and former Gawker editors Choire Sicha and Alex Balk.The site employs an editorial staff of writers....

.

Her podcast, How Was Your Week was featured on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

's 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment.

External links

• How Was Your Week