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Writer

Mike Reiss

Bio

MIKE REISS (Screenplay) has won four Emmys and a Peabody Award during his eighteen years writing for “The Simpsons.” In 2006, Reiss received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Animation Writers Caucus. Reiss co-created the animated series “The Critic” and created Showtime’s hit cartoon “Queer Duck” (about a gay duck). The BBC named “Queer Duck” one of the 100 greatest cartoons of all time. “Queer Duck: the Movie” was released to rave reviews in July 2006. The film won awards in New York, Chicago, Sweden, Germany and Wales. Reiss’s other TV credits include “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” “ALF” and “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”. “My Life in Ruins,” a film inspired by his travels to 58 countries, will be released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in June. Reiss was co-writer on “The Simpsons Movie.” His caveman detective story “Cro-Magnon P.I.,” won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Reiss has published eleven children’s books, including the best-seller How Murray Saved Christmas and the award-winning Late for School. Reiss also composes puzzles for National Public Radio and Games Magazine. Reiss has lectured at over 100 colleges and institutions, on five continents. His topics include “The Simpsons,” comedy and Judaism, and the sorry state of television. Reiss is a former president of The Harvard Lampoon and editor of The National Lampoon. Reiss has been happily married for twenty years. Like most children’s book authors, he has no children.