Samantha Irby ( born Samantha McKiver Irby), an American comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer. She is the founder and author of the blog bitches gotta eat, where she shares amusing thoughts about her own life and modern culture in general.
When was Samantha Irby born?- Age
She was born on 13 February 1980, in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America. Irby is 44 years old as of February 2024.
Which Nationality is Samantha?- Family- Parents
She was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois. She is of African American ancestry. She went to Evanston Township High School. Her mom was a nurse. Her father came in and out of her life. His death, from hypothermia following many heart attacks and strokes, occurred six months before her mother’s death. Irby attended Northern Illinois University, but dropped out after her mother’s death
Who is Samantha Irby married to?– Partner
Irby has been married since 2016, to her wife is Kirsten Jennings. The two now lives and works in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Samantha Irby with her wife
How did Samantha Irby get famous?
She is the creator and writer of the blog Bitches Gotta Eat, where she makes humorous observations about her personal and everyday life. She has written The Real Life Story We’ve Never Seen and Oh No Thanks, both New York Times bestsellers. She is the winner of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction. She has worked as a writer and/or producer on television, including the HBO reboots Sex and the City, Work in Progress, Shrill, and Tuca & Bertie. In 2016, FX announced that it had acquired the television rights to Irby’s 2013 memoir Meaty and her blog with the intent of turning them into a series. Irby began writing in the late 2000s when she started her Myspace blog. On her slut-eating blog, Irby opens up about issues she faces in her personal life in an honest and entertaining way, including her sex life and her battles with Crohn’s disease. She started her blog in 2009.
She has appeared on shows such as “Sunday Night Sex” and “Paper Chopper” and “Story Club,” and her work has appeared in “The Rumpus,” “In Our Words,” and “Jezebel.” medium. Irby has published five books: We Haven’t Seen the Good Life; Meaty was published in 2013 by Curbside Splendor Publishing and republished by Vintage Books in 2018. The show was adapted into the FX TV show Courage and Glory, starring comedian Abbey Jacobson and author Jesse Klein. In 2017, Irby’s second book, We’ve Never Met in Real Life, was published by Vintage Books. It was a New York Times bestseller. Her fourth book, “Wow, No Thanks,” was published in March 2020. Irby said on her social media page that her book tour would be streamed online due to COVID-19. Upon its release, the book became a #1 New York Times nonfiction bestseller.
In 2018, Irby produced the fourth episode of the first season of Shrill, “Pool.” new movie release date 3/15/2019. She was the head writer of the fifth episode of the first season, “Tragically Hip”. She wrote “Gee, No Thanks”. In 2021, she won the Bisexual Nonfiction Award at the 33rd Lambda Literary Awards. In July 2021, Irby produced the episode “Vibe Check” for the second season of Tuca & Bertie.
Samantha Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
Samantha as an Author
Meaty (2013)
New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely Did Not Keep (2017)
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. ( 2017)
Wow, No Thank You. ( 2020)
