Nancy Berk is a clinical psychologist who took the lessons from the 2010 Bombeck Workshop to heart. Author of College Bound and Gagged, a parent survival guide for the college-bound journey, she is a blogger for The Huffington Post, USA Today College and MORE magazine. A columnist, podcast host (“Whine at 9,” “College Mom Minute”) and speaker, Nancy’s comedy has landed her on stage in wonderful places, including TEDx and 30 Rock.
Jason (Jase) Graves is a new writer for the EBWW blog and a finalist in the 2017 National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ column contest in the humor-writing category. He writes a regular column for The Kilgore News Herald and blogs for The Longview News Journal. He is a married father of three daughters and writes about home and family issues from a humorous perspective in his personal blog, “What’s Wrong With Daddy?” Other than writing, his primary hobby is sleeping as late as possible.
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From humorist/storyteller Dylan Brody comes the opposite of a self-help book. The Modern Depression Guidebook promises to help readers get the deepest possible lows and experience the darkest possible blues in a joyous and darkly funny exploration of life’s inherent sadness.
Mike Sacks’ newest book, Stinker Lets Loose!, is described as “the outrageous 1977 filmatic smash in book form.” A former writer for The Washington Post, he’s currently part of the editorial staff of Vanity Fair magazine. He has written for The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, GQ, Radar, Believer, Vice, Women’s Health, Salon, Premiere, New York Observer, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cracked, MAD and other publications. In addition, he has published four humor books: And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Humor Writers About Their Craft (F+W Press); SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk (Random House); Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason (Tin House) and Poking a Dead Frog: More Conversations with Humor Writers (Viking/Penguin.) The book is a sequel to And Here’s the Kicker. His podcast, Doin It With Mike Sacks, can be found on Itunes.
Omaha humorist Michael B. Campbell’s offbeat observations have been published in Reader’s Digest and Parent Magazine, and his “Dumpster” essays close every issue of Food & Spirits magazine. His newest book, Of Mice and Me: Thought Droppings, presents 70 new essays, many inspired by his popular humor blog and his coveted weekly email rants as owner of Mick’s Music & Bar.
Julia S. Mandala and Linda L. Donahue’s new humorous fantasy book, Villains in Training, pits bad guys against some nosy do-gooders. “Cooperation” isn’t a recommended course for villains, though.
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