Rosalind (Roz) Chast

Cartoonist. Her earliest cartoons were published in, Christopher Street and The Village Voice. In 1978, The New Yorker accepted one of her cartoons and since published more than one thousand. She also publishes cartoons in: Scientific American, Harvard Business Review, Redbook, and Mother Jones. Her subjects often deal with domestic and family life and reflect a conspiracy of inanimate objects. Her recent books include: "Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and Health-Inspected Cartoons of Roz Chast, 1978-2006" (2008) and, "What I Hate from A to Z" (2011). She also illustrated, "The Alphabet from A to Y, with Bonus Letter, Z" (2007), the children's book by Steve Martin. Among her honors are the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art Festival Award (2004), and honorary doctorates from the Pratt Institute, Lesley University's Art Institute of Boston, and Dartmouth College. Roz Chast received The National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award (2013) in the category of, Best Gag Cartoon. Winner of N.Y.C Literary Award in Humor (2012). Finally and most importantly: She has probably made all of us laugh out loud.