Lynn is an award-winning writer-creative strategist-comedian-multihyphenate driven by the power of comedy and humor to connect, humanize, and drive change. She is founder of GOLD Comedy, the comedy school, creative network, and content studio powered by and for women. Prior to that, her 25+-year journalism career included writing on gender, culture, and social issues for the NYT and NYT Magazine, Salon, Glamour, NPR, and 25 years' worth of other publications and anthologies; her work shifted perceptions of violence against women and led to new federal protections for them. Lynn co-created one of the internet's earliest success stories: the award-winning Breakup Girl (1997)—the superhero who saves your love life—who appeared online, on TV, in books, and on stage. She is author of 6 books, including Death By Chick Lit and Breakup Girl to the Rescue! As VP of Communications for the global human rights group Breakthrough, Lynn brought her blend of humor and advocacy to drive highest-impact U.S. programming including “Be That Guy” animations screened at NASCAR and Indy 500 events, and Dudes Against Violence Against Women—live comedy shows reaching 38m. An experienced comedy doer/teacher/producer, she’s a co-founder of the wildly popular comedy event series Persisticon, which raises money to elect women, and she co-produced/starred in Gotham Comedy Club’s longest-running variety show, Breakup Girl LIVE. Her original two-woman show, Lynn Harris On Ice, sold out its off-off-Broadway run. She is also an experienced Tonya Harding lookalike, which is a long story. In her spare time, she enjoys being married to Rabbi David Adelson and raising two legitimately funny teens.
