Jen­ny Slate is an actress, stand-up come­di­an, and the New York Times best­selling author of the children’s book Mar­cel The Shell with Shoes On. She has been in many movies and TV shows and also plays many car­toon ani­mals. Jen­ny is a grad­u­ate of Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty and has a young heart and an antique soul. She lives in a 100-year-old house in the bizarre and fun city Los Ange­les, where nobody ever gets old at all.