Bess Kalb

On March 17, 2020, Kalb released her first book called "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story" from Knopf. The book tells the story of her grandmother, Bobby Bell, from her own mother's migration from Russia, her birth on a kitchen table in a Brooklyn tenement, to her life in upscale New York suburbs of Westchester to her death at age 90. Kalb adds her own comedic observations of their relationship from their conversations and voicemails,

In 2018, Kalb did a stand-up comedy routine introducing Hillary Clinton at a fundraiser for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense and then-candidate Lucy McBath (now a Congresswoman).

In 2017, she contributed jokes to the Academy Awards.

On May 28, 2017, Kalb's political-themed tweets gained the attention of President Donald Trump, who blocked her account from his Twitter feed.

Working with Hillary Clinton, Kalb wrote for the Senator's Al Smith Dinner speech in February 2016.

In 2013, she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for her work alongside the rest of the writing team of Jimmy Kimmel Live! including Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gary Greenberg, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker and Rick Rosner.

Kalb was raised in Manhattan and Westchester. She later moved to San Francisco, California where she contributed articles to Wired, GQ.com, The New Republic, GOOD, Salon.com and other publications. In 2012, Kalb moved to Los Angeles to begin a comedy career.

Kalb began writing comedy for Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2012; the show airs on the ABC Network. In addition, she wrote for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony with Kimmel as the host.