Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone is an author and popular panelist on NPR's weekly comedy quiz program Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! She tours regularly, performing stand-up comedy throughout the country. She was the first woman ever to share the stge with the president as host at the White House correspondents' dinner. She has had numerous HBO specials, starred in her own series on HBO and ABC, is included in Comedy Central's list of Top 100 Comics of All Time, and has won an American Comedy Award. She is the national spokesperson for the American Library Association's United for Libraries Volunteer Network.