Amy Wilson

Amy Wilson is the author of the memoir When Did I Get Like This? and the co-host of What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood, a Webby-honored podcast with hundreds of episodes and more than ten million downloads. Wilson’s writing has also appeared in Real Simple, Redbook, Parenting, NPR Books, Babble, CNN.com, and The New York Times. Wilson is also an actor who has appeared on Broadway, as a series regular on network sitcoms, and as a comedy performer in Saturday Night Live’s Studio 8H. She is a proud native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, a graduate of Yale University, and lives with her family in New York City.

Hometown

Scranton, PA

Favorite author

Right now it’s Maggie O’Farrell. All-time: Shakespeare

Favorite place in the world

Italy

Favorite place to read

On the porch, in the shade

Books by this Author

  • Happy to Help

    Happy to Help

    by Amy Wilson

    Published January 7th 2025

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