There is nothing like writing a bio to make you feel like your life has not quite been all that it should have been. In school I studied acting and writing. Actors, by nature, must wait for someone to give them a role in order to practice their craft, so I began writing plays as a way to cut out the middle man. My first play, Social Note, was adapted from the works of Dorothy Parker. We premiered in a fourth floor walk-up theater in Tribeca, and then moved to the famous Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel which is now a conference room because nothing good lasts for very long. Other plays of mine have been presented at The Cherry Lane, The Westside Theater, the Stamford Fringe Festival and the Lake George Theater Lab. I wrote a book called Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing, which was published by Penguin, and twice optioned for television which was exciting. Right now I’m working on a novel.

I frequently collaborate with my husband Frank, and together we have written many television pilots including Lloyd of the House which was developed with Jamie Tarses and Kerry Burke and sold to NBC Universal, Eat Your Feelings, based on my book, for EOne, and The Bill and Dolly Show, developed with The Tannenbaum Company for John Travolta and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Frank and I also host The Whaley Family Hour, a daily comedy podcast which is poorly titled, as it is neither about our family nor one hour long.

I have two children who are now taller and smarter than I am. They also run faster than me, and they are better looking. They are excellent people.