Chris Regan

Chris Regan is a comedy writer who wrote for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" for seven seasons, winning five Emmys and two Peabody Awards. He was one of the coauthors of the best-selling "America (The Book)" and his work has appeared in USA Today, The New Yorker, and New York magazine. He has also written for Comedy Central's "The Burn with Jeff Ross" and "The Jeselnik Offensive" with Anthony Jeselnik.His books include the 2008 humor book, "Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions," published by Andrews McMeel. He was also the co-author of "Shatner Rules" with William Shatner, released in 2011. "You can't change the past, but with Mass Historia, Chris Regan has done a very fine job of making fun of it."--Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report"For my money, Chris Regan is America's finest craftsman of funny sentences, sentences which start off interesting and amusing, coax laughs with pitch-perfect, snarky descriptors along the way, and then suddenly SLAM you with the unexpected, truly hilarious punch." --Adam Felber, author of Schrodinger's Ball and writer, Real Time with Bill Maher"Anybody can make history. Only one man can write it. And only a greatly funny man like Chris Regan can make it worth reading. Sorry, Thucydides, but you can suck it!"--Mo Rocca, commentator, CBS Sunday Morning and NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me"'Mass Historia" is one-eleventh the length of Will and Ariel Durant's 'The Story of Civilization' with six times as many laughs. Maybe even seven times as many! There is no one I know who understands the weave and weft of that grand tapestry called history like Chris Regan does. That said, I'm really glad he wasted all that knowledge on this book, because it's hilarious."--Eric Drysdale, five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report"Hilarious! Chris Regan is one of the smartest, funniest writers around, and 'Mass Historia' is almost big enough to hold everything inside that giant brain of his. Buy this book, read it, laugh your ass off, then take it back to your old high school and use it to smack your history teacher across the jaw."--Bob Powers, author of You Are A Miserable Excuse for a Hero and Happy Cruelty Day! "Shatner Rules is a light, clever, witty book that is all about enjoying life from the perspective of a now eighty-year-old man with fascinating stories to tell… this is a great read.”—Portland Book Review“The galaxy's most famous starship captain offers a mostly tongue-in-cheek guide to his rules for living, complete with anecdotes and life lessons. Eighty years old and still going strong with multiple TV shows, films, books and appearances…Shatner's lust for life shines through… Whatever the situation--be it an awkward dinner with Charlton Heston or a fight to the death with a wild boar—Shatner applies his rules as only he can…[his] fans will relish the opportunity to learn from the master.”—Kirkus Reviews