Really Good, Actually: A Novel

Monica Heisey is a Canadian author, screenwriter, and comedian who is widely celebrated for her incisive wit and perceptive commentary. Heisey has made her mark on television with notable screenwriting credits such as The Baroness von Sketch Show, which garnered her four Canadian Screen Awards, and her contributions to Schitt's Creek and Workin' Moms. Her literary debut, an essay collection titled I Can't Believe It's Not Better: A Woman's Guide to Coping with Life, was published in 2015 and was derived from her popular advice blog, She Does the City.

Born in 1989 in Toronto, Canada, Heisey pursued undergraduate studies at Queen's College in Kingston before completing her MA in early modern literature at King's College in London (Heisey, Monica. About Monica Heisey. Monica Heisey). After a brief return to Toronto and a subsequent divorce, Heisey returned to London, where she further honed her craft. While Heisey emphasizes that Really Good, Actually is not autobiographical, she does draw inspiration from her own experiences, vividly capturing the essence of cities like Toronto and Kingston, with which she is intimately familiar (Schepp, Callie. “Schitt's Creek Writer Monica Heisey on Her Debut Novel and How Heartbreak Can Be Hilarious.” Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2022). Through her