Armed with an abundance of unpretentious Southern charm and laser-sharp wit, Chonda Pierce has been entertaining audiences from coast to coast for more than a decade. Pierce has parlayed her gift for storytelling into a multi-faceted career as an in-demand stand-up comic, television hostess, and author. Growing up in a Southern church provided Pierce with an arsenal of material that both churchgoers, and those who had never sat in a pew, found hilarious.