Bill Scheft

Bill Scheft

Novelist, columnist, television writer. During the last three decades, Bill Scheft has established himself as a versatile, singular and influential comedic voice. In addition to his long-form works, Scheft was widely known for his weekly humor column, "The Show," which appeared in Sports Illustrated for three years. Scheft has contributed humor essays and short pieces to the New Yorker, New York Times, Esquire, Salon, McSweeney's, TV Guide, George, Talk, Slate, Modern Humorist, the collections Mirth of a Nation, 101 Damnations, May Contain Nuts, Howl, the Final Four of Everything and reviews to the New York Times Book Review.