Heben Nigatu is an award-winning writer, producer, and podcaster. She enjoys long walks on the beach, short walks to the subway, serving looks, reading books, and obsessing over her shows.

 

Many people who are not her mother have called her the "smartest, funniest, and most important writer of her—nay, any— generation. " 

She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is currently based in Brooklyn. Her name is actually “Heaven,” but it’s spelled “Heben” because immigration.