Angela R. Nissel (born December 5, 1978) is an American author and television writer best known for her first book ''The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke''. She was a writer and executive producer for '' Scrubs.'' Nissel also worked as a writer and consulting producer in the fourth season of ''

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'' and was a co-executive producer and writer for the ABC sitcom ''

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Biography

Nissel was born and raised in

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. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, where she majored in Creative Writing, and she graduated from the

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in 1998 with a degree in

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. She is married to WWE Hall of Famer Sean “ X-Pac” Waltman. Her first book ''The Broke Diaries'' was published in 2001 and was promoted in non-traditional ways. In one case, her friend applied "Buy ''The Broke Diaries''!" stickers to

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packages and passed them out near bookstores. Nissel also promoted the book in her signature when she posted on Internet forums. She has appeared on ''

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'', and was featured with her mother on ''

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'', which also featured her second book, ''Mixed: My Life in Black and White'', a comedic look at growing up as the child of a biracial couple. On October 28, 2006, Nissel made her debut as a panelist on

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's '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''. In 1999, she founded the music-related website

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with

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' drummer

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Books

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References

External links

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Memoir: ''Mixed'', But Mixed Up No More
a March 2006 ''

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