2024 Bombeck Workshop Faculty Mark Shatz

Mark Shatz is the author of a top-selling humor writing book, Comedy Writing Secrets, which is now in its third edition.

As an award-winning professor of psychology at Ohio University Zanesville, he teaches humor writing and researches the benefits of humor.

He is a popular public speaker with extensive experience working with writers, including multiple presentations at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and the Writer’s Digest annual conference.