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Author Bio
Birth—June 29, 1982
Raised—Staten Island, New York, USA
Education—B.A., Harvard University
Awards—(see below)
Currently—lives in New York City, New York


Colin Jost is a head writer at Saturday Night Live, a "Weekend Update: co-anchor, and a touring stand-up comedian. His memoir, A Very Punchable Face (2020) is his first book.

He has five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, and a PETA Elly Award for the sketch “Diner Lobster.” He’s also been nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and lost every time. He lives in New York and in the hearts of children everywhere. (From the publisher.)