Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is an American humorist. She worked for years as a writer and producer on

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including ''Love Lounge'' (2005), ''

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'' (1997), and ''Blind Date'' (1999). She then became famous for a series of books in which she displayed an irreverent attitude toward parenthood. In ''

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'' in 2009, Jan Hoffman wrote, "Ms. Wilder-Taylor, a former stand-up comic, has made a career from championing cocktail play-date attitude. With books like ''Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay'' and ''Naptime Is the New Happy Hour'' and her scabrously funny Web column, 'Make Mine a Double: Tales of Twins and Tequila,' she has been the toast of the antiperfection mom-lit world." Taylor was born in

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. Her father was the standup comedian

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. She has been married to Jon Taylor, a television producer, since 2005. The couple has three children and resides in

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Published works

*''Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay'' Gallery Books, April 1, 2006 *''Naptime Is the New Happy Hour'' Simon Spotlight Entertainment, March 25, 2008 *''It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections from a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman'' Gallery Books, September 14, 2010, *''I'm Kind of a Big Deal: And Other Delusions of Adequacy'' Gallery Books, June 7, 2011 *''Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic: And Other Opinions I Can't Back Up With Facts'' Gallery Books, April 7, 2015 *'' In Your Right Mind'' - a weekly talk radio broadcast.

References

External links

Official pageStefanie Wilder-Taylor on Larry King Live
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