Over her thirteen years of assisting Conan O'Brien, Sona Movsesian has become a regular feature of all things Team Coco and a fan favorite. Now, Sona cohosts Conan's podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, and stars in a regular IGTV show hosted on @TeamCoco every Friday, "Sona Fixes Your Life." Sona lives in LA with her husband and twin sons. She regularly forgets to put Conan's appointments in his calendar.
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Praise for The World's Worst Assistant
"Movsesian endearingly pulls her...comedic weight in this
narrative.... Movsesian truly shines when she discusses her
Armenian heritage, her dating life, and winning a college national
speech championship. Conan O’Brien fans will find much to love
here."
—Library Journal (starred)
"...Movsesian’s story is not about celebrating laziness or
ineptitude. It’s about how two flawed people who were meant to be
together found each other: a boss accepting an employee for who she
is and how she does her job, and an employee accepting her boss for
everything that he is."
—The New York Times
"[An] extremely funny memoir...[Movsesian's] observations are
spunky and sweet, undercutting every scene with an incisive humor
that makes you laugh out loud. Whether she’s flying by private jet
or printing notecards for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,
Movsesian remains blisteringly honest, relatable and altogether
lovable."
—NPR
"[Sona's] narrative offers a refreshing departure from the
traditional assistant horror stories of pleasing a tyrant boss....
Brimming with heart and humor, this story of failing upward is a
hoot."
—Publishers Weekly
"Playfully surreal reading about the comedy of human foibles."
—Kirkus
"The World’s Worst Assistant is as loose, laid-back, and friendly
as one would expect and hope for from a memoir by Sona
Movsesian.... Movsesian writes in a style that’s both
self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating, which fits because The
World’s Worst Assistant is also a call to arms to millennials and
Gen-Z readers as a thorough takedown of grind culture, a series of
quietly bold reminders to serve your own needs in your work and to
make sure you work with good, funny people, if at all
possible."
—Vulture
“Charming and amusing...If you’ve ever wondered how someone as
hilariously anti-work as Movsesian got her job and what her whole
deal is or wanted to hear day-to-day behind-the-scenes details of
O’Brien’s various late-night talk shows, this is the book for that
along with lots of tips on how to be a bad assistant and how to
deal with bosses, both the bad ones and the good ones.”
—Vulture
"Sona Movsesian is excellent at her job — or rather, not doing
it...Now, 13 years into the assistant role for [Conan] O’Brien,
Movsesian has turned not doing her job into an art form. And with
the release of her new book, The World’s Worst Assistant, she
offers others a guide to doing as she does (well, doesn’t)."
—The Cut
"During Sona Movsesian’s decade-plus as Conan O’Brien’s assistant
in the Conan era, she developed a beloved shtick as a
sparring partner who binge-watched Friends, did crossword
puzzles on the clock, and rarely assisted anyone other than
herself...Now she’s hawking the bare-minimum work ethic with her
memoir, The World’s Worst Assistant. With tips on how to nap at
work or abuse a corporate card, the book is a tongue-in-cheek entry
to the work-life balance conversation."
—Vanity Fair
"This fun and funny read is a heartfelt and honest tale about the
unique relationship between boss and assistant."
—Business Insider
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