The Definitive, Humorous Guide on Sisterhood No one has your back like your sister. And no one can make you laugh as hard. Explore this humorous, nobody-else-could-ever-understand, special world in Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter , featuring 21 hilarious (and true) stories by the winners of Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, plus dozens of funny contributions—from New York Times bestselling authors, Saturday Night Live legends, humor writers, podcasters, and other creatives. Enjoy comical sister stories of illicit ear-piercing and cigarette procuring, sisterly advice (gone seriously awry, at times), the power of big sisters (for better or worse), and sharing that shoulder to cry on during life’s most crushing moments. If your sister is “your person,” then Sisters! is for you—and her—and for friends in your life who are just like sisters, and share that special bond of love and laughter. Proceeds from Sisters! will benefit the University of Dayton’s Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Endowment Fund. "With Alan Zweibel, Adriana Trigiani, Laraine Newman, and Stella Parton (to name a few), this is an amazing celebration of the special bond, the love, the laughter, the inimitable closeness of sisters, and a tribute to the love, laughter, and closeness of family that Erma Bombeck so brilliantly inhabited. Like sisters themselves, Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter is a gift." — AMY EPHRON, bestselling author "This smart and funny collection captures the essence of sisterhood perfectly—that your sister can be your best friend and your worst enemy on the same day, maybe even in the same hour. A tribute to the complexity and the simplicity of being sisters." — LIAN DOLAN, creator of the Satellite Sisters podcast and author of The Sweeney Sisters "If you have a sister or know a sister, you will love this very funny, totally charming, and deeply heartwarming book." — JULIE KLAM, New York Times bestselling author of The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters "I love this book. There's nothing funnier or more powerful than sisterhood, and this nails it all!" — AMY SOLOMON, editor of Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy SISTERS! Bonded by Love and Laughter is a compilation of essays and interviews revolving around the theme of sisterhood that has delivered a sum that far exceeds its parts, that of 60+ excellent narratives. While realistically capturing silly, mundane and hilarious snapshots in the lives of sisters, this book tenderly portrays an unimaginably profound and powerful relationship that carries endless hidden depths of loyalty, strength, knowledge and hope. Inclusive of stories from twins, brothers-sisters, across generations, best friends and soul sisters - every page will have readers chuckling, nostalgic and remembering their own siblings. Readers will return to this book to find numerous resources and references to forgotten times and family cultures, and to discover brilliant female writers and their works, many that pay homage to the unforgettable Erma Bombeck. — IndieReader First-Place Winner in the 30th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards Competition in the memoirs/life stories category. Winner in the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Program in the nonfiction (relationships) category. Finalist in the gift books category. Finalist in 2022 International Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest in humor/comedy/satire category. About the Book Contributors Co-editor Marcia Stewart is a 30-year publishing veteran who spent most of her career acquiring, editing, and writing business and legal books for the publisher, Nolo. She co-founded Nickie's Prize for Humor Writing with the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Co-editor Teri Rizvi is the founder and director of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop at the University of Dayton. She's the author of One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories (Braughler Books, 2021). Illustrator Drue Wagner is an Austin-based graphic designer. Drue got her start at the design firm, Pentagram, in Austin, then spent over ten years at various publications in New York, including GQ , Bon Appétit and the Wall Street Journal . Feature essay and interview authors include: Nancy Berk; Andy Bombeck; the late Erma Bombeck; Matt Bombeck; Kelly Corrigan; Lian Dolan; Marisa Donnelly; Caitlin Drulis; Chloe Drulis; Annabelle Gurwitch; Jenny Lawson; Wendy Liebman; Westina Matthews; Laraine Newman; Stella Parton; Peggy Rowe; Gretchen Rubin; Carol Saline; Erika W. Smith; the late Nickie Stewart; Rich Stim; Deborah Tannen; Adriana Trigiani; Marion Winik; and Alan Zweibel. And the Nickie's Prize winning essays were written by: Diana Aydin, Theresa Boedeker, Kim Bonner, Patricia Wynn Brown, Karen Bucci, Sharon DeVellis, Mandy Fernandez, Mary Kay Fleming, Lee Gaitan, Jase Graves, Caroline Herschbach, Mary Beth Hoerner, Heidi Horne