She's a Jinius.

JiJi Lee is a comedy writer and performer.

She has contributed humor to The New Yorker since 2017. She’s also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Onion, McSweeney’s, and Reductress. Her writing has been included in The New Yorker’s yearly roundup of their most popular humor pieces and published in the McSweeney’s humor anthology Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something.

Her comedy pilot and feature scripts have placed in competitions such as the Austin Film Festival and Final Draft Big Break. She is the recipient of the Burstein Scholarship from the Mystery Writers of America (and, yes, she’d love to write the comic relief scenes in your bleak murder mystery tv series!).

As a performer, she’s performed at The Kennedy Center and all around New York City, including shows at Joe’s Pub, Caveat, Union Hall, Club Cumming; a New York Times Live event, Asian AF, and more. She’s also hosted storytelling events for The Moth and currently hosts/produces Hyperbolic, a comedy and humor reading series.

She graduated from Barnard College and grew up in Miami, Florida and misses pastelitos and sunshine. 

If you’d like to work together feel free to contact her here!

(Photo credit: Ann Yoo)