Francesca Biller

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Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Birthday

February 02

Title

Comedian, Award Winning Investigative Journalist, Op Ed Writer, Political Satirist, Author

Bio

Award Winning Investigative Journalist, Author, Political Satirist and Comedian for Print, Radio and T.V. Though she is best known for her hard-core investigative reporting for which she has received numerous awards including The Edward R. Murrow award, two Golden Mike’s and four Society of Professional Journalism awards for Radio Documentaries and Investigative Hard News Reporting, she now focuses her talents on Humor, Political satire, Essays and a forthcoming novel about World War II. Francesca’s recent work includes controversial and comedic articles about what it was like to grow up in a mixed multicultural and interfaith home with a Jewish-Russian father and Buddhist-Japanese mother in Los Angeles, with Op Eds published in The Huffington Post, Salon.com, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, The Jewish News Weekly of San Francisco, Interfaithfamily.com, and many other publications. Her greatest inspiration from writers and comics such as Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, James Baldwin, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce and Mel Brooks. As a serious reporter for more than 15 years, Francesca now appreciates Mark Twain when he said, “Get your facts first and then distort them as much as you please.” Francesca is currently writing a novel about World War II that is set in Hawaii and Europe about the 442nd Purple Heart Battalion, the most highly decorated infantry in United States history, comprised one hundred percent by Japanese Americans. While most Japanese relatives of soldiers from the mainland were interned after the bombing attack on Pearl Harbor due to extreme racism, Japanese citizens from Hawaii were not as it was not considered economically feasible as the Japanese population was too large. Two of Francesca's uncles were part of the 442nd and both were received Bronze Hearts and Purple Stars.