Joe Keenan, Emmy winner and former Frasier executive producer, has won the 2007 Thurber Prize for American Humor for his novel My Lucky Star. He has written two other comedic novels, Blue Heaven and Putting on the Ritz. The award has a $5,000 prize and is sponsored by the Thurber House, which honors James Thurber.
The two runners-up for the Thurber Prize were Bob Newhart for I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me As Funny and Merrill Markoe for Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.
The two runners-up for the Thurber Prize were Bob Newhart for I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me As Funny and Merrill Markoe for Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.