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Show Me the Money: Amy Schumer Inks Lucrative Book Deal

The Emmy Award-winning comedienne stays hot

by
Jonathan Zalman
September 30, 2015
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Amy Schumer in Locarno, Switzerland, August 8, 2015. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
Amy Schumer in Locarno, Switzerland, August 8, 2015. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

There’s a lot going right for Amy Schumer, and with success comes money. Earlier this month, Schumer was awarded the first Emmy of her career, earning the statue for Best Variety Sketch Series for Inside Amy Schumer. The comedienne also announced she’d struck a deal to headline New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the first woman in history to do so. Schumer’s hot.

Last week, Entertainment Weekly confirmed a book deal between Schumer and Simon & Schuster worth a reported $8-10 million. That’s a whole lotta $krillah. The working title for the memoir, reported Publishers Weekly, is The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo.

Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.