Comedian and Author Mindy Kaling Makes it to Times Square Billboard
- Amazon Books features her new collection of essays “Nothing Like I Imagined.”
Actress, comedian-writer-producer Mindy Kaling just went up in neon on a billboard in New York City’s iconic Times Square. Announcing the news to all her fans on Twitter, Kaling posted: “I’m a billboard! My collection of essays, Nothing Like I Imagined, is on an @amazonbooks billboard in NYC! I’m thrilled to be included in this celebration of women’s voices.”
The Amazon Original book will feature Kaling’s tongue-in-cheek comedic style over six entries: “Kind of Hindu,” “Please Like Me,” “Help Is on the Way,” “Searching for Coach Taylor,” “Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake,” and “Big Shot.” I
The hilarious collection will feature inside scoop on Kaling’s life and work, including her new role as a single mom, the perks of being her own husband, how she copes with social anxiety at glamorous A-list parties, and more. “In between, the beloved actress, writer, and Hollywood power-bruncher gets Kanye West’d at her best friend’s birthday, thwarts an ‘only in LA’ crime, and learns what it means to have it all,” Amazon says.