The Grawlix! February '24: Silverberg & Bell

Edward Bell

Edward Bell is a stand-up comedian originally from rural eastern Iowa, now living in Colorado. He is a regular at the Comedy Works in Denver. He has written for the Hard Times. He has been featured in the High Plains Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, and Alaska's B4UDIE Comedy Festival. He has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with big names like Nick Thune, John Heffron, and Gavin Matts. He used to live in a van, but now he doesn't. There were too many complaints.

Amy Silverberg

Amy Silverberg is a writer and comedian based in Los Angeles. Her debut novel First Time, Long Time is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing in 2024. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California, where she teaches.

Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other publications. Her short story "Suburbia!" appeared in Best American Short Stories, and is currently optioned for a tv show. Amy also writes for television, most recently The Movie Show on the SYFY Channel.

Amy's stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central, Hulu, NPR, and Amazon Prime. She was selected as a "New Face" at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.