Laura Beck

Professional humor writer for 15-plus years
Co-producer for Fox's The Great North
Writer for Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, the Cartoon Network and more
Former staffer at Jezebel and Cosmo

Experience

Laura Beck is a longtime humor writer who has worked for Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, Lifetime and the Cartoon Network, and recently co-produced Fox's animated series The Great North. She is also an award-winning journalist and writer who has held staff positions at Jezebel and Cosmopolitan magazine, where she was a popular sex columnist writing about sexy things. Her humorous essays have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Esquire, Vice and more.

Education

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Articles

Slice of cake with the cross section revealing that it's meatloaf with icing for april fools day

18 Sneaky April Fools’ Day Food Pranks They’ll Never See Coming

These sneaky April Fools’ Day food pranks take the holiday’s shenanigans to a whole new level

39 Hilarious Millennial Memes for Anyone Who Still Thinks 1999 Was 10 Years Ago

If you lived through Y2K, had a blog on Tumblr and are currently a blend of anxiety and existential dread, prepare for laughs

38 Costco Memes That Will Have You Rolling Down the Aisles

You may not realize it (yet), but you’re pretty much a walking Costco meme