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ⓘ About Roz Chast
Roz graduated from Midwood High school in Brooklyn, and went to Kirkland College. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and received her BFA in painting in the year 1977. She also holds honorary doctorates from Dartmouth College, Pratt Institute, and the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, and she’s a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her subjects often deal with family and domestic life. She revealed that she enjoys drawing interior scenes, often involving accentuated wallpaper and lamps, to serve as the backdrop for her comics. Her comics reflect a conspiracy of inanimate objects, which is an expression that she credits to her mom. Roz’s first New Yorker cartoon, called “Little Things”, was sold to the magazine in April of 1978.
All Book Series by Roz Chast
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007
Late for School
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2010 Anthology · Steve Martin
The Joy of Being Single
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1992 Anthology · Allia Zobel Nolan
Younger Men Are Better Than Retin-A
Book 2 of 4 · published 1994 Anthology · Allia Zobel Nolan,Steve Skelton
The Joy of Being 50 Plus
Book 3 of 4 · published 1999 Co-authored · Allia Zobel Nolan
Heavenly Headbutts
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2023 Anthology · Allia Zobel Nolan
Rationalizations to Live By
Single-title series · published 2000 Anthology · Henry N. Beard,Andy Borowitz,JohnBoswell
Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists
Book 5 of 6 · published 2011
The Best American Comics 2016
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Roz Chast?
Roz graduated from Midwood High school in Brooklyn, and went to Kirkland College. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and received her BFA in painting in the year 1977. She also holds honorary doctorates from Dartmouth College, Pratt Institute, and the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, and she’s a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Which Roz Chast series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas series, the earliest of Roz Chast's multi-book series: it opens with The Joy of Being Single (1992) and runs to 4 books across 1992–2023, ending with Heavenly Headbutts (2023).
How many books has Roz Chast written?
Roz Chast has 27 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2023. 9 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas series with 4 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Roz Chast's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Roz Chast's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas (1992–2023, 4 books), Andy Borowitz Short Stories/Novellas (2000, 1 book) and Steve Martin's Children's (2007–2010, 2 books), plus 1 more.
How are Roz Chast's books organised into series?
This guide splits Roz Chast's 27 books into 4 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas (4 books, 1992–2023); Marco (2 books, 2010–2012); Steve Martin's Children's (2 books, 2007–2010); Andy Borowitz Short Stories/Novellas (1 book, 2000).