The Resume

(August 26, 1941-September 1, 2022)
Author of 'The Worst Years of Our Lives,' 'The Snarling Citizen,' 'Kipper's Game' (a novel) and 'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America'
Atheist

Why she might be annoying:

She is a socialist.
She smokes.

Why she might not be annoying:

She claims to be a socialist, 'but not the big oppressive kind.'
She is a feminist.
Her writing is noted for its wicked humor.
She has a Ph.D. in biology.
For 'Nickel and Dimed,' she did research by working menial, minimum-wage jobs at Wal-Mart and other places.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 60)
• I am an Atheist
• I Attended Reed College
• I Died in 2022 (Ranked: 81)
• I Have Breast Cancer
• Look at Me, But Please be Quiet
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Mental Floss' 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years [2009] (Ranked: 5)
• Profiles 7251-7500 (Ranked: 7283)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 1]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20220901)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 51 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 67.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 71.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 95 Votes: 77.89% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 62.99% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 64.98% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 304 Votes: 67.11% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 431 Votes: 69.84% Annoying