Robin Epstein is a screenwriter and novelist who began her career as a stand-up comic. In addition to her work as a television and video game writer, “God Is In the Pancakes” (Dial), Epstein’s award-winning YA novel, is currently being adapted for the screen. She also wrote H.E.A.R. (Soho Teen), and the 8 book “Groovy Girls” series for Scholastic, co-authored several of the best-selling “Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks” for Chronicle, the nonfiction legal guidebook, “So Sue Me, Jackass!: Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls That Can Come Back to Bite You at Work, at Home, and at Play” (Plume) and the novel, “Shaking Her Assets” (Berkley). A contributor to “This American Life” on NPR, Epstein has freelanced for the “New York Times,” “Quartz,” “Medium,” and other publications.