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B. J. Novak spent eight seasons as Ryan Howard on The Office, work that also drew on his writing and producing, earning him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Writers Guild Award. He later created and wrote the FX anthology series The Premise, wrote and directed the film Vengeance, and authored the story collection One More Thing and the children's book The Book with No Pictures.