Jenny Lawson

Jenny Lawson is a blogger and the author of the memoir Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Born in West Texas, Jenny struggles with awkwardness and a feeling of not fitting in because she suffers from an anxiety disorder that will not be diagnosed until she is an adult.

Along with her sister, Lisa, Jenny witnesses firsthand her father’s strange behavior and sense of humor, which will come to heavily influence Jenny’s own in the future.

Jenny meets and marries Victor, and they have a daughter named Hailey. To help deal with the anxiety, Jenny turns to blogging, and through blogging begins to make friends both online and in person. As a result, Jenny comes to accept who she is as a person, and she realizes that there is joy to be found in even the absurdities and difficulties of life. By treating her...