Bess Kalb Bio | Wiki
Bess Kalb is an American journalist and Emmy Award-nominated writer. She serves as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show and with The New Yorker magazine. Bess is the author of the best-selling book Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True Story, which recounts the life of her grandmother, Bobby Bell.
She received a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series. Bess has written for the Emmy Awards, the Academy Awards, and the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
She also serves as the head writer and executive producer of the WGA Award-nominated Yearly Departed, an Amazon Comedy Special. Currently, she is adapting Nobody Will Tell You This But Me into a feature film with Sight Unseen Pictures.
Bess Kalb Age
Bess was born on January 29, 1987, in New York, New York, United States. She is 35 years old.
Bess Kalb Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Bess Kalb Family
She was born in New York and raised in Manhattan and Westchester by her parents. Bess wrote the book Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True Story, which recounts the life of her grandmother, Bobby Bell. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Information about her parents and/or siblings is not available at the moment.
Bess Kalb Husband | Charlie Harding
Bess is married to her husband Charlie Harding. He serves as an executive producer and co-host of Vox’s podcast. Together, the couple shares one son.
Bess Kalb College
After her high school education, Bess enrolled at Brown University. She moved to San Francisco, California where she contributed articles to Wired, GQ.com, The New Republic, GOOD, Salon.com, and other publications. In 2012, Bess moved to Los Angeles to begin a comedy career.
Bess Kalb Book
On March 17, 2020, Bess released her first book, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story, from Knopf. It tells the story of her grandmother, Bobby Bell, from her own mother’s migration from Russia. It also tells her birth on a kitchen table in a Brooklyn tenement, her life in the upscale New York suburbs of Westchester, to her death at age 90.
Bess adds her own comedic observations of their relationship from their conversations and voicemails. The book became #8 on the American Booksellers Association Indie Bestseller Hardcover Non-Fiction list. The audiobook is narrated by the author and produced by Random House Audio. Additionally, the film rights for the book were optioned by Sight Unseen Pictures, with Elizabeth Chomko set to direct. Bess will write the screenplay.
Bess Kalb Salary
She serves as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show and with The New Yorker magazine, therefore, she earns a decent income. Bess’s average salary is $71,568 per year.
Bess Kalb Net Worth
She earns her wealth through her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Bess’ estimated net worth is $785, 463.
Who Is Bess Kalb
Bess is an American journalist and Emmy Award-nominated writer. She serves as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show and with The New Yorker magazine. Bess is the author of the best-selling book Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True Story.