Amy Schneider and Guy Branum | October 12, 2023

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Video: Karl Sonnenberg
About the Event:
Who is the most successful woman to ever compete on Jeopardy!?
Amy Schneider’s impressive forty-game winning streak was accompanied by an even greater prize - the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Join Amy as she shares her singular journey that led to becoming an unlikely icon and hero to millions.
Selected tickets to this event include a moderated conversation with Amy and special guests and a signed copy of In the Form of a Question (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).
About the Book:
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!-and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself.
In eighth grade, Amy was voted “Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!” by her classmates. Decades later, this trailblazer finally got her chance. Not only did she walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game winning streak, but she made history and won an even greater prize-the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Now, she shares her singular journey that led to becoming an unlikely icon and hero to millions. Her super power: Boundless curiosity and fearless questioning.
In the Form of a Question explores some of the innumerable topics that have fascinated Amy throughout her life-books and music, Tarot and astrology, popular culture and computers, sex and relationships-but they all share the same purpose: to illustrate, and celebrate, the results of a lifetime spent asking, why?
In conversation with writer/actor/producer Guy Branum. Guy starred in the hit series Bros, alongside Billy Eichner, which features an all LGBTQ+ cast. He is a writer and producer of the new Mel Brooks series, History of the World Part II, and was a writer and actor in numerous other shows, including The Mindy Project, and Platonic. He has recorded hit comedy albums, authored a critically acclaimed memoir, and has written on culture and politics for Slate, Vulture, The New York Times, and more.