Vali Chandrasekaran lebt in Hollywood und arbeitet dort als Drehbuchautor, u. a. für "American Dad" und für die Comedy-Serie "My Name is Earl". Er war für die Satirezeitschrift "The Harvard Lampoon" tätig und für unterschiedliche Preise (u. a. den Emmy Award) nominiert.

Steve Hely is an American writer.

Hely has written for the television shows Late Show with David Letterman (receiving an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Comedy Show); Last Call with Carson Daly, where he also served as an associate producer; American Dad; and 30 Rock. He is currently a writer for The Office.^[1][2]

Hely has also authored or co-authored two books. The Ridiculous Race, written with Vali Chandrasekaran and published in 2008 by Macmillan, chronicled a real-life race around the world between Hely and Chandrasekaran. Each set off from Los Angeles in opposite directions, with only one rule: "No airplanes."^[1] In 2009, Grove/Atlantic published Hely's debut novel, How I Became A Famous Novelist.^[3] Hely subsequently won the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor for the novel.^[4]