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2014 Bombeck Workshop faculty: Lisa Scottoline

 

When bestselling author Lisa Scottoline launched a column in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2007 as a sideline to her bestselling mysteries and suspense novels, she said she wanted to try to fill in the gap left by Erma Bombeck. Today, the popular “Chick Wit” column, written with her daughter Francesca Serritella, offers a witty and fun take on life from a woman’s perspective, which Kirkus has described as “Erma Bombeck for mothers and daughters, with a zesty Italian twist.” These stories, along with many other never-before-published stories, have been collected in four books including their most recent, Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim, and the earlier, Best Friends, Occasional Enemies; Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog, which has been optioned for TV; and My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. In her other life, Ms. Scottoline is the New York Times‘ bestselling author and Edgar award-winning prolific author of 21 novels, including the popular Rosato & Associates series and her latest, Accused. She has more than 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in more than 35 countries.

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“Do you know what depression is? It's sitting in your doctor's examination room. In a paper dress. On a cold table. And it's the high spot of your week.” (from "Dumpy Paper Dress--March 31, 1977," which appears in Forever Erma)

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Humor writer of the month

Jase Graves

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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Who's publishing what?

SAD!

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.

Stinker

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.

Of mice and me

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.

Schooled

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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