About me
Mimi Pond is an American cartoonist, humorist, and writer. In 1982, her book The Valley Girls Guide to Life (Dell) became a bestseller and launched her career. Her works include humor books such as Secrets of the Powder Room (1983) and Splitting Hairs (1998) as well as acclaimed graphic novels Over Easy, The Customer Is Always Wrong, and Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me. Pond also wrote scripts for several TV series, including Designing Women, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, and the 1989 pilot episode of The Simpsons: “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the artist Wayne White.
