David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-
eminent humor writers. He is a master of
satire and one of today’s most observant
writers.
Beloved for his personal essays and short
stories, David Sedaris is the author of the
New York Times bestsellers Barrel Fever,
Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One
Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and
Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with
Owls, and Calypso. His book The Best of Me collects 42 previously
published stories and essays.
His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been
included in “The Best American Essays.” The two volumes of his diaries,
Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977- 2002) and A Carnival of Snackery, Diaries
(2003-2020), were New York Times bestsellers. An art book of Sedaris’s
diary covers, David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium, was edited
by Jerey Jenkins. His most recent book, Happy-Go-Lucky, debuted at
number one on the New York
Times bestseller list. The audio
version of Happy-Go-Lucky,
written and narrated by Sedaris,
won the 2023 Audie Award. His
next book will be a short graphic
novel for children titled Pretty
Ugly with illustrations by Ian
Falconer which will be published
by TOON Books in Spring 2024.
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