Cynthia Kaplan

is the author of two acclaimed collections of comic essays, Why I’m Like This: True Stories (Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers) and Leave the Building Quickly, and her work has appeared in many publications. She writes for and appears in film, TV, and theater, and she leads the award-winning band The Cynthia Kaplan Ordeal. Her comedy and music extravaganza, Cindy of Arc, was a 2023 finalist for the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater and will be presented by Seattle's Intiman Theatre as part of their 50th anniversary season. She has never appeared on Law & Order.