Author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles and dishes about her preparation for her Colbert Report interview. In case you didn't catch the results:

The most prescient advice:

"A friend who writes for The Daily Show, Rachel Axler, advised over instant messaging that with Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, 'The only way to come off looking bad is to try and out-funny them.' Colbert is a tougher interviewer so, 'Just be calm & roll with the weirdness.' Or as my friend Dana explained, "Colbert comes from an improv tradition and the first rule in improv is never deny. In other words, treat the outrageous things that he says at face value and segue into your points - don't brush them off. And keep talking. He needs the author to keep talking in order to riff."

Nice name-drop there of a Daily Show staff writer, Jen! BTW, the dumplings at that UNITY house party you threw in the summer of 2004? Delish. Oh, look, you're making me name-drop YOU. Still, good work on the show; I don't think he was able to nail you.