Laurie Gelman (née Hibberd) (born April 4, 1964) is a Canadian television personality and writer,^[1] originally from Ottawa, Ontario. In 2007 she worked on two Canadian-based talk shows, The Mom Show and Doctor in the House.^[2]

Hibberd was raised in Ottawa, Ontario and is a graduate of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now TMU) in Toronto and graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She began her broadcasting career as a traffic reporter at CKFM Radio in Toronto from 1987 to 1988.^[3] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she served as a host on YTV for YTV Rocks and Rock'n'Talk.^[1] She later became an entertainment reporter for WSVN-TV in Miami from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 1996, she joined Tom Bergeron to co-host the morning show Breakfast Time on FX. She also appeared on Good Morning America, Good Morning America Sunday^[4] and the CBS Early Show.^[5]

She published the humor novel Class Mom in 2017.^[6] The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour,^[7] and won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature. It was followed by the sequels You've Been Volunteered (2019)^[8] and Yoga Pant Nation (2021).^[9]

Her novel Smells Like Tween Spirit was published in 2022.^[10]

She is married to television producer Michael Gelman; they have two children.^[1]