Carlos Kotkin smiling while performing stand-up comedy at a microphone in front of a bokeh light backdrop

Carlos Kotkin is an award-winning comedian, author and screenwriter who explores the everyday. The strange, the hilarious, the uncomfortably painful.

You know, life.

Carlos Kotkin performing stand-up comedy on stage at The Mirage in Las Vegas, opening for Gabriel Iglesias

Carlos Kotkin's dating memoir of romantic misadventures was published by Penguin. His mother wrote the foreword.

Carlos Kotkin book cover with a rooster in front of the title
Publishers Weekly review: Comedy Central regular Kotkin shares just the right amount of detail from his lifelong pursuit of a wife to make his first book a charming read.
Illustration of Carlos Kotkin sitting on a park bench with a stork carrying a baby bundle The New York Times
MODERN LOVE

We Didn't Have a Plan, but the Baby Did

by Carlos Kotkin

About a year into our marriage, my wife and I decided we were ready for the adventure of having a child. Despite our best efforts, it wasn't happening. We didn't know why. One night as we were watching television, my wife turned to me and said, 'I think you're the problem."

Screenplays

First Person Arts Story Slam Winner
Winner — Uncle Clyde's Soup or Bowl of Comedy
11x Moth StorySLAM winner
Christopher Award for Screenwriting
Semi-Finalist — San Francisco Comedy Competition
3x Moth GrandSLAM winner
High School Valedictorian
Parents' Favorite Son
Only Child — Award laurel wreath
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