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2020 Bombeck workshop faculty Bruce Ferber

Bruce Ferber

Bruce Ferber is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer and producer whose credits include Bosom Buddies, Growing Pains, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Coach, Dan Vs. and Home Improvement, where he served as executive producer and showrunner. In addition to being recognized by the television academy, his work has received The People’s Choice, Kid’s Choice and Environmental Media Awards.

He is the editor of the anthology The Way We Work: On the Job in Hollywood and has written two novels, Elevating Overman and Cascade Falls. Elevating Overman, a tragicomic mid-life awakening story, attracted the attention of Jason Alexander, who voiced the audiobook and is currently in discussions for a potential television series. Cascade Falls won the Foreword Indie Book of the Year Gold Prize for Humor Fiction and Bronze Prize for General Fiction.

This is Bruce’s second appearance at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. He served as a keynoter in 2014.