Comedy from sea to shining sea: a local writer’s journey

AHS grad recounts experiences in New York, Chicago, L.A.

  • Claire Linic holds some influential books in her writing career against a locker backdrop. Despite being a co-author on two books and set to release her first novel soon, Linic said she is still the same “weird kid” she was in high school.
    Claire Linic holds some influential books in her writing career against a locker backdrop. Despite being a co-author on two books and set to release her first novel soon, Linic said she is still the same “weird kid” she was in high school.

    Claire (Meyer) Linic, raised in Aurora, has flown out to and lived in three major cultural hubs -- Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles -- gathering her skills and knowledge for comedy writing as a bee gathers pollen from various flowers.  Despite her growth as an author, researcher and comedian, Linic shared that she is still the same person she was in high school. “I guess, maybe, the m…