Teresa Strasser is an Emmy-winning writer (Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money"), an Emmy-nominated television host (TLC's "While You Were Out") and radio and podcast audiences knew her as the former co-host on The Adam Carolla Show.

Her first book, Exploiting My Baby*, was published in January 2011 by NAL (a division of Penguin Publishing) to rave reviews. The book was optioned by Sony Pictures Television and is being developed into a pilot for ABC with Jamie Tarses' Fanfare Productions on which Teresa will serve as the Creator and Co-Executive Producer. The book is based on her popular website, www.exploitingmybaby.com which was voted by Babble as a Top 10 Funniest website in 2010.

As a journalist, Strasser is a contributor to the Los Angeles Times and a columnist for The Los Angeles Jewish Journal. Her first-person essays have garnered three Los Angeles Press Club Awards, including Columnist of the Year.

Other television credits include serving as a fi eld correspondent for WNYW-TV's "Good Day New York," and for Fox shows "Good Day Live" and "On Air With Ryan Seacrest." TV writing credits include "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Chair," both for ABC. Strasser co-hosted the weekly pop-culture round-up "TV Watercooler," on the TV Guide Network. As for deep cable, you can still find her there, hosting "Character Fantasy" on USA Network.

Strasser has appeared on numerous countdown shows on basic cable, mainly for the E! Network, including "50 Cutest Child Stars" and "101 Celebrity Oops" and has written for the popular magazine features Stars Make Us Laugh (In Touch Weekly) and Fashion Police (Us Weekly). She has covered the red carpet for The Academy Awards, The Tony Awards and The Emmy Awards. Teresa is a regular guest on Dr. Phil, CNN Headline News and has appeared on The Talk, Lifechangers with Dr. Drew among many others.

*Because It's Exploiting Me