Laurie Gelman (née Hibberd) (born April 4, 1964) is a

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television personality and writer,"Host of The Mom Show finds heart in NYC; Upper West Side; After scouting for a year, Laurie Gelman found her perfect home". ''

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'', July 21, 2007. originally from

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, Ontario. In 2007 she worked on two Canadian-based talk shows, ''The Mom Show'' and ''Doctor in the House''.

Biography

Hibberd was raised in

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and is a graduate of the

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(now TMU) in

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and graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She began her broadcasting career as a traffic reporter at CKFM Radio in Toronto from 1987 to 1988. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she served as a host on YTV for ''YTV Rocks'' and ''Rock'n'Talk''. She later became an entertainment reporter for

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in Miami from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 1996, she joined Tom Bergeron to co-host the morning show Breakfast Time on FX. She also appeared on ''

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'', '' Good Morning America Sunday'' and the

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. She published the humorous novel ''Class Mom'' in 2017. The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour,"Scaachi Koul, Laurie Gelman and Jennifer Craig shortlisted for 2018 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour"

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, May 2, 2018. and won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature. It was followed by the sequels ''You've Been Volunteered'' (2019) and ''Yoga Pant Nation'' (2021). Her novel ''Smells Like Tween Spirit'' was published in 2022.

Personal life

She is married to television producer Michael Gelman; they have two children. She is a convert to

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, the faith of her husband.

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