Mindy Kaling will take the stage in the Special Events Hall to kick off the second annual BookCon today at 11 a.m. B.J. Novak will interview her.
Mindy Kaling, author of the bestselling Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, is back to talk about her latest book, Why Not Me?, a collection of hilarious and deeply personal essays. It’s an appropriate title in light of the recent untimely demise of her popular TV show, The Mindy Project. (As of this writing, rumor has it that, goddess willing, it might be resuscitated on Hulu.) But nobody puts this comedian/actress/writer/producer/director in the corner. The writer formerly known as Vera Mindy Chokalingam will be interviewed by her former costar and on-screen love from The Office, B.J. Novak. And, yes, she spills the beans in her book about their relationship, which has many in—and out—of the know collectively scratching their heads. (“I will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell.”) If that doesn’t grab you, you can just skip to the parts about Bradley Cooper.
B.J. Novak is another slacker (cough, cough): actor, writer, director, and executive producer on The Office, he is also a New York Times bestselling author of two books: One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories and The Book With No Pictures. He has appeared in such films as Inglourious Basterds and Saving Mr. Banks and was a consulting producer for season one of The Mindy Project. (How many of you know that his father is William Novak, ghostwriter for Lee Iacocca and Nancy Reagan, or that he went to high school with his Office confrere, John Krasinski?) His on-again/off-again relationship with Kaling has often mirrored the strange relationship of the characters they played on The Office. Perhaps they will finally work it all out, right before BookCon’s attendees’ eyes.
This article appeared in the May 30, 2015 edition of PW BookCon Daily.
