Josh Piven is a television writer and producer, speechwriter, playwright, and the author or co-author of more than twenty non-fiction and humor books, including the worldwide best-selling The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series. He wrote the teleplay and serves as producer of Don The Beekeeper, a half-hour children’s TV show about honeybees and urban beekeeping. His most recent stage play, a holiday farce called No Reservations, had its world premiere in November-December, 2013, to great success and critical acclaim. More information. His next play is Muddled. Josh likes to refer to himself in the third person. Piven is perhaps best known for his famously tongue-in-cheek worst-case books, books that offer readers real-world (though often hilarious) advice on surviving worst-case situations that they might—but hopefully won’t—encounter: everything from “how to fend off a shark” and “how to wrestle an alligator” to “how to avoid the Freshman 15” and “how to determine if your date is an axe murderer.” Piven is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania—and living proof that English majors aren't necessarily failures.
Books
The Worst-Case Scenario Book of Survival Questions
2005
The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
2001
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Life
2006
The Escape Artists
True Stories of People Who Turned Their Obsessions Into Professions
2007
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
1999
As Luck Would Have It
2003
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Holidays
2002
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Student Edition
1999
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
College
2004
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Dating and Sex
2001
The Ultimate Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
2012
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Travel
2001
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Apocalypse
2023
Bad vs. Worse
The Ultimate Guide to Making Lose-Lose Decisions
2007
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Golf
2002
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Parenting
2003
The Ultimate Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
2012
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Life
2006
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Work
2003
The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac
History
2006
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Weddings
2004
The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Man Skills
2010
This Green House
Home Improvements for the Eco-Smart, the Thrifty, and the Do-It-Yourselfer
2009
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Extreme Edition
2000
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Expert Advice for Extreme Situations (Survival Handbook, Wilderness Survival Guide, Funny Books): Expert Advice for Extreme Situations
2019
