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Biography
Megan Beth Koester is an American comedian, writer, journalist and actress who regularly performs stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, CA.Since 2013 she has been a contributor for Vice Magazine, writing about media, comedy, the entertainment industry, feminism and Los Angeles culture. She writes on similar subjects for Jezebel, Thrillist and The Guardian. Koester is also a co-host on the Adult Swim streaming show The Perfect Women, which airs every Wednesday evening.
In January 2019 her comedy album Tertium Non Datur, created from a live taping hosted by Andy Kindler in May 2018, was released by ASpecialThing Records. In 2018 Megan Koester co-authored The Indignities of Being a Woman with Merrill Markoe, an audio work published by Audible which combines historic research with humor. The album discusses the experience of womanhood throughout time from the perspective of two women in working in comedy.
Koester played the character of Madeline Cross in "The Pain of Being Alive," episode 3 of season 1 of Comedy Central's Corporate, a TV show which makes fun of the employee experience in a large corporation. L.A. Weekly named her comedy act "one to watch" in 2015.
External Links
Megan Koester's Website - http://inoffensivecomedian.com/