Allison Silverman

Allison Silverman (born February 17, 1972) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedy writer and producer from Gainesville, Florida. Graduating from Yale University in 1994 with a degree in Humanities, she performed with the improv group The Ex!t Players before working at Chicago's iO Theater and Amsterdam's Boom Chicago. Silverman became head writer and executive producer for The Colbert Report, earning Emmy nominations and Stephen Colbert's praise as having "the mind of Jonathan Swift had he mated with the Cookie Monster." Her credits include The Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Office, Portlandia, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Russian Doll. At Bohiney.com, Silverman channels decades of satirical precision into journalism that skewers power with intellectual irreverence and comedic authority. Author Home Page