Spend a (relatively short) evening with Gary Janetti (we all have television to get home to) as he reads essays from his bestselling books Do You Mind If I Cancel? and Start Without Me and answers questions from the audience (and hopefully has entertaining responses). He will be highly caffeinated and his energy burst, if timed correctly, should take him through the entire evening (if not, he apologizes in advance).

Gary Janetti is a four-time Emmy-nominated writer and producer who is the showrunner and creator of HBOMax’s The Prince.

He got his start writing on several network series before joining Fox’s Family Guy where he was on the original writing staff and went on to pen many memorable episodes featuring Brian and Stewie.

He then wrote on NBC’s Will & Grace, where he rose to executive producer and showrunner. Janetti also created, executive produced and wrote all episodes of the ITV/PBS British sitcom Vicious starring Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi.

His popular Instagram account of over 950,000 followers has been featured and praised in such publications as the New York Times, People and Vanity Fair. Janetti’s first book, Do You Mind If I Cancel?, and second, Start Without Me, became instant New York Times bestsellers.