Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. She currently works as a staff writer for ''

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'', and teaches at

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. Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, she earned her

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in 1975. Her writing has appeared in ''

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'', and ''

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''. Marx is a former writer for ''

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'', and the first woman elected to the ''

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''. She is the author of the 2007 novel, ''Him Her Him Again The End of Him'', as well as several humor books and children's books.

Bibliography

Books

;Novels * * ;Humor * * *''Blockbuster'', (with Douglas G. McGrath), (New York: Bantam Books, 1988) *''You Know You're a Workaholic When--'', (New York: Workman, 1993) *''1,003 Great Things about Getting Older'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman, and David Owen), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1997) *''1,003 Great Things about Kids'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998) *''1,003 Great Things about Friends'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1999) *''The Skinny: What Every Skinny Woman Knows about Dieting (and Won't Tell You!)'', (with Susan Sistrom), humor (New York: Dell, 1999) *''1,003 Great Things about Teachers'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000) *''1,003 Great Things about Moms'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002) *''1,003 Great Things about America'', (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002) * * * *''You Know You're 40 When--'', (with Ann Hodgman), (New York: Broadway Books, 2004) * *''Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?'' (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Celadon Books, 2019) *''You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time'' (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Celadon Books, 2020) ;Children's books *''Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship'', (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Bloombury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2009)

Essays and reporting

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Online version is titled "The joys of looking out a stranger's window".

References

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2007. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000175267. * ''Dallas Morning News'' Mar 22, 1999 * "Harvard's Gifts to Gag Writing" ''New York Times'' - Mar 29, 1987 * "Speaking the Unspeakable (No Blushing Is Required)" ''New York Times'' - Jun 6, 1998

External links

* (interview with Patricia Marx) * (review of ''Her Him Again the End of Him'') * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marx, Patricia Living people 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American humorists American women novelists The Harvard Lampoon alumni The New Yorker people Women humorists Year of birth missing (living people)