Speaker Joel Cohen
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Joel was born and raised in Calgary, Canada. A graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Sc.) and York University (M.B.A.), he has been a writer and producer for the last twenty-four years on The Simpsons. Joel has written 35 episodes of The Simpsons (some even described as “good enough”), has won 4 Emmy awards, 3 Writer’s Guild Awards and also once scratched a lottery ticket and won a free ticket! (He won nothing on that free ticket but did learn a valuable life lesson – don’t buy lottery tickets).
In addition to writing several movies, TV and online projects, Joel is also the author of the best-selling book How to Lose a Marathon, the mediocre-selling book The Incredibly Inaccurate Biography of Andy Richter, and the bestest-selling (“bestest” is a word – please don’t check) The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football (co-written with Dan Patrick).
In his free time, he enjoys sports, travel and not reading his own bio (too boring).
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