Samantha McKiver Irby (born February 13, 1980) is an American comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer.

[1][2] She is the creator and author of the blog bitches gotta eat, where she writes humorous observations about her own life and modern society more broadly.

[4] She has been a writer and/or co-producer for TV shows including HBO's reboot of Sex and the City, Work in Progress, Shrill, and Tuca & Bertie.

[5] In 2016, FX announced that it had purchased the television rights to Irby's 2013 memoir Meaty and her blog, with the intent to adapt them into a series.

[16][17][18] Irby has published five books: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life; Meaty; New Year, Same Trash; Wow, No Thank You; and Quietly Hostile.

It is in development for adaptation as a television show on FX called Guts and Glory, with comedian Abbi Jacobson and writer Jessi Klein.

[24] The book debuted in the New York Times best-seller list's number one spot for Paperback Nonfiction.

[31] Irby has been open about her struggles with Crohn's disease, degenerative arthritis, and depression, often discussing her experiences in her writing.