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Leigh Anne Jasheway

location-pin Eugene, Oregon

School: UT School of Public Health

Expertise: Humor, Pets, Wellness

Leigh Anne Jasheway

  • Author of 28 books, including Bedtime Stories for Dogs and Bedtime Stories for Cats
  • Winner of the Erma Bombeck Award for Humor Writing
  • Published in more than two dozen anthologies
  • 25 years producing the Eugene Laff Off and 17 years producing the NW Women's Comedy Festival
  • Former senior editor and content manager for The Syndrome Mag, an online feminist humor website
  • Hosted two radio shows, Women Under the Influence of Laughter and The Giggle Spot

Experience

Leigh Anne has been writing and performing comedy for 31 years. She has written humor columns for Family Circle, the Comic News, Funny Times, the Register Guard and dozens of other publications. Among her 28 published humor books are her dogs' favorites, Bedtime Stories for Dogs and Bedtime Stories for Cats. She produces comedy shows and runs Out of Our Minds, a comedy improv troupe that prefers silliness to seriousness.

Education

UT School of Public Health

MA, Public Health

UT Austin

BA, Government, with a minor in Economics

Articles

102 Birthday Jokes That Are Better Than Cake

These funny birthday jokes are the gifts that keep on giving

64 Santa Jokes Guaranteed to Get You on the Nice List

Light up the room like Rudolph's nose with these hilarious Santa jokes

80 Animal Jokes That Are the Wildest in the Kingdom

When life seems a little too serious, there's nothing like animal jokes to make you roar (or hoot or howl) with laughter