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Joel Warner

Biography

Joel Warner

Joel Warner, an award-winning former staff writer for Westword, Denver’s alternative newsweekly, has written for Wired, The Boston Globe, Slate, Grantland and other publications. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Joel Warner

Books by Joel Warner

The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
by Peter McGraw and Joel Warner - Humor, Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Dr. Peter McGraw, founder of the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, teamed up with journalist Joel Warner on a far-reaching search for the secret behind humor. Their journey spanned the globe, from New York to Japan, from Palestine to the Amazon. Meanwhile, the duo conducted their own humor experiments along the way --- to wince-worthy, hilarious and illuminating results.