Joel Dubin
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Joel Dubin is an adult survivor of eccentric parents and the even crazier corporate world. He is a retired cybersecurity consultant turned humor author and foreign language enthusiast. His most recent book, The Norman and Phyllis Show is a memoir about how he raised his parents at home and ended up with a sense of humor. His prior book, The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies, was inspired by his many years working both for, and with, messed up companies. His first humor book, Yes Dear! A Husband's Guide to Marriage, is based on his over three decades of being happily married. He is fluent in several languages, which enabled him to do consulting around the world and has an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University and a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Chicago.
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The Norman and Phyllis Show
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Humor and Memoir
Norman and Phyllis were my parents and, well, they were crazy. Growing up with them was like being on The Norman and Phyllis Show, a bad sitcom the producers forgot to cancel. They were the uncrowned royalty of the Chicago restaurant scene, where Norman taught Mexican waiters broken Yiddish and was a member of The Golden Tipper’s Club. They had to go to restaurants. Phyllis was a terrible cook. Between Norman telling Barack Obama during a campaign stop in Chicago that he had seen him naked in a health club locker room, and Phyllis talking incessantly about her bowel movements, there was no way I could have turned out normal. Phyllis stocked the fridge with enough prune juice for a nuclear war, but I needed something stiffer to survive. After talking to medical specialists, I learned that insanity is, in fact, hereditary. For years, I thought the job of parents was to embarrass their kids in public. Then I went into therapy and learned otherwise. It was called love. It was still hard work raising my parents. But I think they turned out alright. This is their story. The story of The Norman and Phyllis Show. 
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The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies
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Business Humor
The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies was inspired by stupidity he observed at companies who sabotage their own business. The 7 Habits are the most common problems at screwed up companies around the world. This isn’t a typical business book. It’s a humor book poking fun at office politics, bureaucracy and toxic work environments, all ingredients of successful dysfunctional companies. It’s sort of an anti-manual of how not to run a business. 
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Yes Dear! A Husband's Guide to Marriage
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Marriage Humor
This book is a light-hearted look at marriage - from the husband's perspective. The husband may think he's in charge. This book reminds him who really is the boss, and who really runs the house. From the pre-marital training camp, which whips the love-struck husband-to-be into shape before the marriage through shopping adventures and daily chores, the husband will learn how to navigate a marriage and keep his wife's closets full of clothes and shoes. Full of useful tips, including where to put everything in her house (it's her house, not his) with lots of laughs along the way. Marital life will never be the same as the book highlights the five pillars of marriage and, of course, the most important thing: Keep the Wife Happy. 
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