Selena Coppock

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Selena Coppock | The Genesis of My Book, or...
April 23, 2013
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Selena Coppock is a standup comedian, writer, and storyteller based in New York City.

She recently sold her debut book, THE NEW RULES FOR BLONDES, a collection of essays celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype, to It Books (HarperCollins), for release April 23, 2013. Her writing has also been featured on TheFrisky, McSweeney's the Collared Sheep, and Rock Bottom Stories.

Selena's storytelling abilities have been showcased at shows throughout New York and Boston, including RISK! (live and show and podcast), Stripped Stories, and, at The Moth Story Slam (where she tied for 1st place with her "After Hours" story in March 2011).

Selena has been seen telling jokes and doing characters on VH1, RooftopComedy.com, CollegeHumor.com, TheApiary.com, ComedySmack.com, PMSports.com, and elsewhere. She has also been featured in the Boston Globe, LA Weekly, Boston Metro, and the Boston Phoenix.

She has trained at ImprovOlympic (Chicago), Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (NY), and ImprovAslyum (Boston) and has earned spots in a multitude of comedy festivals, including the Boston Comedy Festival, NY Comedy Contest, Detroit Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Out of Bounds Festival, Ladies Are Funny Festival, and the Women In Comedy Festival.

When not pushing her pro–blonde agenda, Selena can usually be found in a dive bar lamenting the breakup of Guns ‘n Roses and putting Bob Seger's "Night Moves" on the juke box.

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