Bestselling Author Annabelle Gurwitch on Lung Cancer, Humor, and Adventure

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Inspiration, Moms, Reading, Books, Literary, Parenting, Entertainment, Arts, Connection

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

I’ve been a fan of actress and bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch since I first read You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up. I’ve interviewed her on my podcast about her last book You’re Leaving When? and then got lucky enough to publish her new book, The End of My Life is Killing Me through Zibby Publishing — which has now been on the USA Today bestseller list for two weeks! You might have seen Annabelle lately because she has been all over the media with shout-outs from and interviews with Bill Maher, Drew Barrymore, Terry Gross at NPR, and Jenna Fischer. The book is hilarious and heartbreaking, fast-paced, thought-provoking, and a must-read. Hear from Annabelle and me at Totally Booked: Live in New York.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
0:24.0	look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't
0:29.3	have to.
0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram
0:40.2	at Zibby Owens. So excited to release this episode with Annabel Gerwitch. The End of My Life
0:49.6	is Killing Me the Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker is one of our Zivie publishing titles. We are so proud to
0:56.7	have helped usher this fabulous book in the world. You may have seen it on the Drew Barrymore show.
1:03.4	You may have seen Annabelle on the Bill Maher show. It was debuted at number 60 on the USA Today
1:09.2	bestseller list. And Annabelle has been in the midst
1:12.4	of doing a bazillion events around the book. So make sure to catch one. Annabelle is an actress,
1:18.9	activist, and previous New York Times bestselling author, two-time Thurber Prize finalists.
1:24.4	That's the National Humor Prize. And her essays and satire have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, among others. In fact, this book was excerpted. In so many publications, I can barely keep track. She also recently wrote a beautiful essay in the Well section of the New York Times about her cancer diagnosis and
1:47.1	falling, well, not falling in love, but falling in fondly in the New York Times. It was really
1:52.6	amazing. Also, she is one of the contributors to my book on being Jewish now. She is a Jewish mother,
1:59.9	lung cancer survivor, and patient advocate.
2:02.9	She says she's a terrible ukulele player and an unrepentant cat lady who lives in L.A.
2:07.4	I am such a huge fan of Annabelle.
2:09.6	She's been on this podcast before.
2:11.6	I'm delighted to now have her on the podcast as one of our Zippy Publishing authors as well.
2:16.7	Congratulations, Annabelle, for all of your success.
2:19.4	Welcome to Totally Booked Live. I really could not be more excited to be here with Annabel Gervich,
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