Joe Garden is a highly accomplished and prolific comedy writer. He is currently a features editor at The Onion, where he created the characters Jim Anchower and Jackie Harvey. He has co-written numerous books including The Dangerous Book For Dogs and The Devious Book For Cats in addition to The Onion’s long list of New York Times best-sellers. Joe has also been a contributing writer for the PBS animated children’s program WordGirl, has appeared in the film Bad Meat and was the voice of Phil Cabinet in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode “Hypno-Germ.” At this year’s Festival he’ll read from his latest release, The New Vampire’s Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night.