Andy Borowitz Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
Travels From:
NYC - New York City
Primary Topic Category:
Authors & Storytellers
Secondary Topic Category:
Comedy and Entertainment
Andy Borowitz Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Andy Borowitz is a New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created The Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever National Press Club award for humor. The Borowitz Report was acquired by The New Yorker in 2012. His most recent books have both been bestsellers: “The 50 Funniest American Writers,” which became the first title in the history of the Library of America to make the Times best-seller list; and a memoir, “An Unexpected Twist,” a No. 1 best-seller.
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