Josh Lieb is an American writer and

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. He won seven Prime Time Emmy's as a producer and writer for The Daily Show. In 2009, he published a young adult novel, I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, which was a New York Times Bestseller. In 2015, he published his second novel, Ratscalibur. His third book, Chapter Two is Missing, was released in October 2019. Lieb was raised in

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, and graduated from Harvard, where he was an editor of The Lampoon, the college humor magazine. After graduation, he found work writing for Twisted Puppet Theater,

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, and NewsRadio. He subsequently worked as a producer on many shows including

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, and Who is America? Lieb's tenure at The Daily Show lasted from 2006 to 2010, during which he also served as executive producer of The Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear and as co-editor and co-author of Earth: The Book. In 2013, he wrote and directed a series of comedic shorts to raise money and awareness for the charity

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. Stars featured in the shorts included Matt Damon, Jessica Biel, Sir

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, and Bono.

Bibliography

Books

* ''I Am A Genius Of Unspeakable Evil And I Want To Be Your Class President'' (2009) * ''Ratscalibur'' (2015) * ''Chapter Two is missing'' (2019)

Articles

References

External links

*
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on

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