In her words, Kate McKinnon was a “weird” kid.

But it's precisely that peculiarity that has earned the former "Saturday Night Live" star two Emmy Awards, as well as roles in high-profile films like “Barbie” and “Ghostbusters,” and, now, a bestselling children’s book.

“I grew up reading and being inspired by quirky, female protagonists, particularly Pippi Longstocking, who I dressed up as to go to school,” McKinnon says during a sit-down conversation with TODAY.com.

While showing up to school in costume may not have earned her a lot of points in the popularity department, it did help lay the foundation for McKinnon's madcap adventure, “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science.”

Released in 2024, the fantasy novel tells the eccentric tale of sisters Gertrud

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