Joel H. Cohen is a

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producer and screenwriter for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is the younger brother of one-time ''Simpsons'' writer Robert Cohen, who penned the season three episode "

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". Cohen was born in

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. He received a

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degree in 1988 from the

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and an

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from the

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in 1992. In addition to his work on ''The Simpsons'', he is also the author of the non-fiction book ''How to Lose a Marathon'', a retelling of his training for and running the

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. It was released April 4, 2017 by Abrams and as an audiobook by

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Episodes written by Joel H. Cohen

Treehouse of Horror XII "Treehouse of Horror XII", titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Halloween Special XII", is the first episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Because of Fox's contract with Major League Baseball' ...

" ("Hex and the City") (2001) *" Brawl in the Family" (2002) *" The Fat and the Furriest" (2003) *" Today I Am a Clown" (2003) *" Fat Man and Little Boy" (2004) *" Home Away from Homer" (2005) *" The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" (2005) *" Homer's Paternity Coot" (2006) *" Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" (2006) *" Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (2007) *"

He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", also known as "He Loves to Fly", is the nineteenth season premiere of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It was the first episode to air after the release of ''The Simpsons Movie'', having ...

" (2007) *" The Debarted" (2008) *" Mona Leaves-a" (2008) *" Wedding for Disaster" (2009) *" Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010) *" Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" (2010) *" Homer the Father" (2011) *" Gone Abie Gone" (2012) *" A Test Before Trying" (2013) *" Yellow Subterfuge" (2013) *" Clown in the Dumps" (2014) *" Cue Detective" (2015) *" Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (2015) *" Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" (2016) *" Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (2016) *" 22 for 30" (2017) *"

Left Behind ''Left Behind'' is a multimedia franchise of apocalyptic fiction written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, released by Tyndale House Publishers from 1995 to 2007. The bestselling premillennial novels are Christian eschatological narrat ...

" (2018) *" Treehouse of Horror XXIX" (2018) * 'Tis the 30th Season" (2018) *" The Girl on the Bus" (2019) *" The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" (2020) *" The 7 Beer Itch" (2020) *" The Wayz We Were" (2021) *" Pretty Whittle Liar" (2022) *" Top Goon" (2022) *" Do the Wrong Thing" (2023) *" Frinkenstein's Monster" (2024) *" Abe League of Their Moe" (2025) He also served as a script consultant on ''

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Screenwriters from Alberta Canadian expatriate writers in the United States Jewish Canadian screenwriters Primetime Emmy Award winners University of Alberta alumni Writers from Calgary Writers Guild of America Award winners {{Canada-screenwriter-stub