Allie Brosh Bio | Wiki
Allie Brosh is an American blogger, writer, and comic artist. She is best known for her blog in the form of a webcomic Hyperbole and a Half. Brosh grew up in small towns across the U.S. before attending the University of Montana. While there, she started Hyperbole and a Half in 2009, in which she told stories from her life in a mix of text and intentionally crude illustrations.
Brosh has published two books telling stories in the same style, both of which have been New York Times bestsellers. She lives with severe depression and ADHD, and her comics on depression have won praise from fans and mental health professionals. Brosh’s depression led her to withdraw from the internet and her blog for several years.
Allie Brosh Age
Brosh was born on May 18, 1985, in Auburn, California, United States. She is 37 years old.
Allie Brosh Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Allie Brosh Family
She was born and raised in Auburn, California, then near Sandpoint, Idaho by her parents. Brosh has a sister named Kaiti Brosh. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Brosh wanted to be an author from age eight and described writing a book at age nine or ten.
Allie Brosh Sister | Sister Kaitlin
Her younger sister Kaitlin, who had bipolar disorder, died in 2013. Brosh referred to her sister’s death as a suicide. Brosh underwent major surgery for stage IV endometriosis in 2013.
Allie Bosh Remarried | Husband | New Husband
Brosh was married to her husband Duncan in December 2012, having been together for around eight years before that. They lived together in Bend, Oregon. In a post on Reddit in June 2020, Brosh said that since then she had divorced, then remarried Kevin Hann and that after moving around multiple states was living in Bend again.
Allie Brosh Education
She graduated with a human biology degree from the University of Montana, where she also participated in track. Brosh has ADHD, which she says was more severe when she was a child.
Allie Brosh Solutions And Other Problems
In August 2015 Brosh announced that she was working on a new book called Solutions and Other Problems. The release date was postponed a number of times, and by 2018 it was marked “unavailable” on Amazon. In June 2020, the book reappeared on Simon & Schuster’s website with a new cover and updated page count and description.
In September 2020, Brosh publicly announced the book with a new post on her blog. Solutions and Other Problems became released on September 22, 2020. It became a New York Times Bestseller and as of November 1, 2020, it had been on the list for four weeks.
Allie Brosh Hyperbole And A Half | Blog
Brosh launched Hyperbole and a Half in 2009 to avoid studying for her college physics final exam. She used Paintbrush software to draw the comic. When the blog was fully active, she would upload a new entry every few weeks.
Hyperbole and a Half has been described both as a blog and as a webcomic. Each post is a mix of text and illustrations describing her life, including childhood stories, or general thoughts. The drawings, mainly stick figures which draw inspiration from rage comics, intentionally appear crude.
The character representing Brosh loosely resembles a stick figure with a pink dress, with wide-grinning, unfocused eyes and a triangle-shaped ponytail sticking up which she jokingly calls a shark fin.
Allie Brosh Books
Brosh’s first book, titled Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, became released in October 2013. It is written in the same style as her blog and includes some posts from the blog along with new stories.
Her second book, Solutions and Other Problems reappeared on Simon & Schuster’s website with a new cover and updated page count and description in June 2020. It was released on September 22, 2020.
Allie Brosh Alot
Each post of her blog is a mix of text and illustrations describing her life, including childhood stories, or general thoughts, such as her grammatical pet peeve of “a lot” being written as “alot”.
Allie Brosh Kevin Hann
After her marriage with Duncan ended Brosh later married Kevin Hann. The two moved to Boulder, Colorado, and later to Bend again.
Allie Brosh All The Things
In 2011 Brosh’s blog was included in a list of the funniest sites by PC World. In 2013 Advertising Age put Brosh on its yearly list of “most influential and creative thinkers and doers”. A panel from one entry, captioned “clean all the things”, became an internet meme.
Allie Brosh Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Brosh’s estimated net worth is $980,766.
Who Is Allie Brosh
Brosh is an American blogger, writer, and comic artist. She is best known for her blog in the form of a webcomic Hyperbole and a Half. Brosh grew up in small towns across the U.S. before attending the University of Montana. While there, she started Hyperbole and a Half in 2009, in which she told stories from her life in a mix of text and intentionally crude illustrations.