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Bestselling comedy writer Augusta Reilly is a former stand-up comic whose work has been covered by the New York Daily News, The Village Voice, NY1 News, Time Out, The Comedy Bible, and many others. As a comedian, she has performed at multiple venues including The Comic Strip, Gotham Comedy Club, and The New York Comedy Club. Her bestselling comedy, Words on Candy Hearts, reached #1 in Comedy in the UK and Australia and #2 in US Comedy behind Trevor Noah. Her third book, The Phallus in Nature, debuted at #1 in Absurdist Comedy.

In alternate incarnations, she has been an accountant, a translator, and a prolifically (if not proudly) published pulp fiction author. She is a graduate of McGill University and divides her time between El Paso County
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“You'll have to excuse Carolyn," she said. "She won the election by playing rock paper scissors and hasn't quite mastered the whole political charm thing yet.”
― Augusta Reilly, Why I Held Your Hand

“Acting outwardly strong produces actual inner strength. Putting on a brave face builds a strong heart. It’s the “soldiering through” that makes you a soldier. It’s like dressing for the job you want and not the job you have. Putting on a suit does more than just make you look like an executive—it makes you feel like one. And once you start feeling like one, you start thinking and behaving like one. It’s playacting, but it’s playing the part that turns you into a player.”
― Augusta Reilly, Words on Candy Hearts

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