Pamela Ribon's first novel, Why Girls are Weird, is based on her experiences with her hugely successful website pamie.com. A performer with an acting degree from the University of Texas at Austin, she is the creator of the underground comedy scandal Call Us Crazy: The Anne Heche Monologues and was showcased at the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. She lives in Los Angeles, where she writes for film and television in addition to working on her next novel.