Patricia Marx

Patricia Marx is a writer who scripted the Aliens in the Family episode "Too Good to Be True."

Marx was a staff writer for Saturday Night Live during the Lorne Michaels-less 1980-1981 season. She went on to write mostly for cable series, including Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All, Rugrats, and Space Cases, as well as HBO's Encyclopedia, Women Aloud, and stand-up segments for The Little Lulu Show.

Marx has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker since 1989 and has written two novel and multiple children's stories and humor books.