Steve Hely

Steve Hely is an American writer, current co-executive producer on the series ''Veep''.

Hely has written for the television shows ''Late Show with David Letterman'' (receiving an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Comedy Show), ''Last Call with Carson Daly'', where he also served as an associate producer, ''American Dad!'', ''30 Rock'', and ''The Office''.

Hely has also authored or co-authored three books. ''The Ridiculous Race'', written with Vali Chandrasekaran and published in 2008 by Macmillan, chronicled a real-life race around the world between Hely and Chandrasekaran. Each set off from Los Angeles in opposite directions, with only one rule: "No airplanes." In 2009, Grove/Atlantic published Hely's debut novel, ''How I Became a Famous Novelist''. Hely subsequently won the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor for the novel. In 2016 he published ''The Wonder Trail'', about a trip from Los Angeles to the southern tip of South America.

Hely is the co-host of ''The Great Debates'', a weekly podcast in which he debates the great issues of the day with David King. Hely often takes the pro, or more life-affirming stance.

Hely attended the Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at Harvard, Hely served two terms as president of the ''Harvard Lampoon''. Provided by Wikipedia