Jenny Allen
Jenny Allen’sessays and articles have appeared for years in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Esquire, More, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping... Read more
Jenny Allen’sessays and articles have appeared for years in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Esquire, More, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping. Recent essays appear in The 50 Funniest Writers in America(The Library of America) and in In The Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After 50(Simon & Schuster). She is the author of a book of fables for grown-ups called The Long Chalkboard. Jenny is also a participating storyteller for The Moth, and appeared Off-Broadway in Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Jenny’s play I Got Sick Then I Got Betterhas been seen in theaters, hospitals, universities and at cancer conferences around the country. Ms. Allen received the 2010 “It’s Always Something” award from Gilda’s Club NYC. For a calendar of future performances, and for booking inquiries, visit jennyallenwrites.com.