Aaron Karo

Aaron Karo is an American stand-up comedian, author and TV writer best known for his "Ruminations" email column and series of books, his young adult novel Lexapros and Cons, and his Comedy Central special "Aaron Karo: The Rest Is History".

Karo has developed sitcoms for CBS, 20th Century Fox, MTV, Warner Brothers, The CW, an animated project for Comedy Central starring Channing Tatum, and a live-action project for Comedy Central starring DJ Dillon Francis.

His books include Me You Us, Galgorithm, Lexapros and Cons, I’m Having More Fun Than You, Ruminations on College Life, and Ruminations on Twentysomething Life.

Karo has headlined the Nokia Theatre and Gramercy Theatre in New York, the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, and the House of Blues in Chicago. Comedy Central Records released his debut stand-up album "Just Go Talk to Her" in 2008. He has performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and in 2010 he starred in his own one-hour Comedy Central special "Aaron Karo: The Rest Is History". His third album "I Need to Tell You Something" was released in 2012 and his fourth album "Charm/Offensive" was released in 2015.

Karo was born and raised in Plainview, New York, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His career began when he wrote a funny email from his freshman dorm room that eventually spawned the celebrated column Ruminations.