From Saskatchewan Comedian for hire to Best-Selling Author
Saskatoon Entertainers

When Joel Jeffrey started his stand-up comedy career, he never dreamed it would lead to becoming a best-selling published author. Joel always wanted to be one of the top Saskatoon entertainers or top Saskatchewan comedians, but penning a best-selling book was never on his radar. Joel was a guy who barely passed English class in high school and has never taken academics very seriously, let alone becoming an author. However life is full of twists and turns. In 2019 while on the road on a comedy tour in British Columbia, Joel received an interesting pitch email from MacIntyre Purcell Publishers in Halifax and they wanted him to write a joke book.

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At first Joel thought it must be spam or someone phishing to steal his identity, but after a short phone call with the editors at MacIntyre Purcell he realized the email was very real and that his life was about to change. MacIntyre Purcell had happened upon Joel's material on Youtube and decided that he, being a very funny Saskatchewan comedian and one of the top Saskatoon entertainers, was the perfect guy to write a joke book about about the province.

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Joel signed the publishing contract and the rest is history (another subject in high school Joel struggled with). Thanks to a superior knowledge about Saskatchewan, a massive passion for the province, a good sense of humour, Joel's book "The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book" went on to be a #1 best seller in Sask and made the top #25 best selling humour books on Amazon Canada.