Mindy Raf (www.mindyraf.com) is a writer, comedienne, and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. She has written for CollegeHumor, VH1, TNT, The Daily Comedy Network, and was a contributor to the ""My Parents Were Awesome"" anthology. She has been invited to perform at the Women in Comedy Festival, SketchFestNYC, and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, where she was named a ""stellar surprise"" by The Portland Mercury.
Rave Reviews for The Symptoms of My Insanity ! It's a generous book, overstocked with characters and dialogue, and it should succeed in putting any reader's problem into a wider, and funnier, perspective. -- Booklist [A] realistic debut . . . What could be tragic events for Izzy are tempered by her self-deprecating humor, plenty of female support and a chance for real romance. -- Kirkus Reviews Raf's writing style is light and funny yet grounded in the often painful sensibilities of teenagers. -- VOYA Readers will likely appreciate a refreshing upheaval of mean-girl stereotypes. -- Publishers Weekly Run like the dickens . . . and order this bad boy right now! --MTV's Hollywood Crush Blog