Selena Coppock is a standup and sketch comedian, writer, storyteller, and recipient of the title “Best Hair” from her H.S. graduating class.
She recently sold her debut book, THE NEW RULES FOR BLONDES, a collection of essays celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype, to Stephanie Meyers of It Books, for release fall 2012. Her literary agent is Elizabeth Evans with Jean V. Naggar.
Her comedy writing has been featured on McSweeney's, the Collared Sheep, and Rock Bottom Stories and she is a newly-minted Moth Story Slam winner. She has studied on-camera technique with Brooke Thomas and Mary Egan Callahan and was seen in a hilarious web commercial. Selena has been featured on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (FOX), TheApiary.com, ComedySmack.com, CollegeHumor.com, PMSports.com, and in the Boston Globe, Boston Metro, and the Boston Phoenix.
She has trained at ImprovOlympic (Chicago), Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (NY), and ImprovAslyum (Boston) and has earned spots in a multitude of comedy festivals, including the Boston Comedy Festival, NY Comedy Contest, Detroit Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Out of Bounds Festival, Ladies Are Funny Festival (Austin , TX), and the Women In Comedy Festival.