Actress Camryn Manheim. She recently won an Emmy Award for her role as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's "The Practice." When she went up on stage to receive the award she joyously exclaimed "This is for all the fat girls!" She's written a memoir about her struggle to accept herself and her weight. It's called "Wake Up, I'm Fat!" (Broadway Books).
Irish playwright, actor, and stand-up comic Brendan O'Carroll. He's also the author of a trilogy of novels. The first is "The Mammy," (Plume) followed by "The Chisellers" and "The Granny." O"Carroll also appeared in the film "The Van" and will be in the film version of "Angela's Ashes."
Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller have co-written the new book "Feel this Book: As Essential Guide to Self Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction." (Ballantine Publishing) In this parody of self-help books, the two dispense such wisdom as "You mother lied; looks are everything," to "Being poor sucks.