Josh Lieb's illustrious career has spanned numerous roles, including Producer and Show Runner of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, as well as Executive Producer of NewsRadio and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
His impressive list of accolades includes seven Prime Time Emmy Awards, earned as a producer and writer for The Daily Show.
In 2009, Lieb made his literary debut with the young adult novel I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, which became a New York Times Bestseller.
He went on to publish his second novel, Ratscalibur, in 2015, and his third book, Chapter Two is Missing, in 2019.
Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Lieb graduated from Harvard University, where he served as an editor of The Lampoon, the college humor magazine.
After college, he began his career in television writing for Twisted Puppet Theater, The Jon Stewart Show, and NewsRadio, and later worked as a producer or consultant on shows including The Simpsons, Drawn Together, Sirens, Nikki, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Lieb's tenure at The Daily Show lasted from 2006 to 2010, during which he also served as Executive Producer of The Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear and co-edited and co-authored Earth: The Book.
In 2013, he wrote and directed a series of comedic shorts to raise money and awareness for the charity Water.Org, featuring stars such as Matt Damon, Jessica Biel, Sir Richard Branson, and Bono.
