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Laurie Notaro (born aft. 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is a #1 New York Times best-selling American writer. Notaro was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in journalism. She co-founded Planet Magazine, and was a senior editor at Tucson Monthly, a full-color city magazine. Notaro was a columnist for ten years at The Arizona Republic. In October 2001, The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club was picked up by Random House which resulted in a eleven books. She published with Simon & Schuster with "Crossing the Horizon" and "Potty Mouth at the Table". Her latest book, "Excuse Me While I Disappear," is published by Little A and is a collection of musings on a Gen X-er becoming an AARP-er. Numerous articles, essays, and novels have followed, and she was a finalist for The Thurber Award for American Humor. She has written for The New York Times, Glamour, BARK Magazine, USA Today, Village Voice Media, and BUST. She currently lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband.