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Dave Cohen is a multi-award-winning BBCcomedy writer on a mission to help
writers improve their craft.

He teaches writers how to incorporate humour and overcome the fears and
insecuritiesthat hold their creations back from being as funny as they can
be. Daveco-hosted 222 episodes of the hugely popular Sitcom Geeks
podcast, exploring every angle of what makes good comedy writing great.*

He has spent nearly four decades as a leading light on the British comedy
scene. In the1980s he was short-listed for the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe
Comedy Performer award and co-founded the Comedy Store Players in London
with Mike Myers and Paul Merton.*

As well as performing more than 2,000 gigs as stand-up comic, he was lead
singer with the world’s first Jewish HeavyMetal Band Guns’n’Moses.

He became a full-time comedy writer in 1994 and since then has written for
dozens of TV and radio shows. He’s best known for his hugely popular song lyrics for the hit BBC
show Horrible Histories, which has won 8 BAFTA awards.

FUNNY UP YOUR FICTION - How to Add Light, Shade and Laughs to Your Novel
is out now.

THE COMPLETE COMEDY WRITER is Dave's great book packed with advice for
comedy writers whether you'restarting out, an experienced pro, or deciding
if you can become one.

Check out IF ONLY I HAD THE TIME, a short but invaluable guide for how to
keep writing when the world stops.

Dave is also an acclaimed novelist having written STAND UP, BARRY GOLDMAN
and BARRY GOLDMAN: THE WILDERNESS YEARS by David J Cohen.
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