Bio

Barb Best is the author of several humor books, the latest being The Misery Manifesto: A Self-Help Parody for the Self-Absorbed, a “hilarious” month-by-month survival guide. 

Find Your Funny: The Humor Survival Guide is a popular resource for parents, teachers and counselors.  

Her writing has been published in numerous print and digital magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times “Metropolitan Diary,” The L. A. Times “Laugh Lines” and The Saturday Evening Post. Her material has been performed in NYC theater productions, radio, and on stage and TV by Joan Rivers. 

Barb’s entertaining blog at BarbBest.com was selected “Best of the Best” by Alltop and named by Feedspot as one of the “Top 100 Humor Blogs on the Planet.” Follow her on Twitter @HaBarb for the sheer fun. She feels your pain!

Raves

“Barb is a prolific comedy writer. Her comic pieces at Barb’s Blast actually make me laugh out loud. I was in Dayton, Ohio, when she won the Erma Bombeck Global Humor Award. Her humorous pieces and one-liners are among the best I  have ever read.”
— Rose Valenta, Nationally Syndicated Humor Columnist

“Barb Best is a gifted humor writer and experienced columnist. Her blog, Barb’s Blast, is a joy to read. Barb is the 2010 Global Winner of the Erma Bombeck humor award. My Funny Books is delighted to be able to showcase her as a featured contributor to My Funny Valentine, a humor anthology currently in progress.”
— Karla Telega, Editor, My Funny Books                    

“Barb Best came to our attention as global winner of the Erma Bombeck humor contest, and we were further impressed by her comic writing at her blog site barbbest.com. Her experience free-lancing and writing material for comedians is evident on any reading and we were delighted that she came on board with our My Funny Valentine anthology book. Professional and easy to work with, Barb is a wonderful addition here and sure to spice up any publication.”
— Linton Robinson, Editor My Funny Books

THX READERS ❤️

Love this post because it’s very witty!

Oh my god… can’t. stop. laughing. I’m pretty sure this was the funniest post I’ve ever read.

Wow. What a blog.

AWESOME!

Love your post. Great Blog, I’ll be back.

Thanks for the morning giggle.

LMAO! OMG, love it!

Love it. Wonderfully funny stuff. You’re my new idol!

Hilarious!

This is absolutely fantastic!

Thanks for the laughs, and causing me to look at life from another angle today.

Much needed giggles!!!

You have a great sense of humor: current, young and with it.

Barb, loved your post, you go girl!! 

I was laughing myself silly reading this.

Great post! Very original.

Brilliant.

What a fun post. Smiling from ear to ear reading it. Thanks!

Fun! Thanks for a great way to start the day with a laugh :-)

Thanks for this post and fresh perspective!

Like the out-of-the-box thinking!

So funny! 

Haha. Great post. It’s so true…which makes it all the more hilarious.