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David Sedaris
(b.1956)David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, and radio contributor. Sedaris came to prominence in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. Each of his five subsequent essay collections, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008), have become New York Times Best Sellers. As of 2008, his books had collectively sold 7 million copies. Much of Sedaris' humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, and it often concerns his family life, his middle class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, Greek heritage, various jobs, education, drug use, homosexuality, and his life in France with his boyfriend, Hugh Hamrick.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Collections
Origins of the Underclass (1992)
Barrel Fever (1994)
Naked (1997)
Holidays on Ice (1997)
Santaland Diaries and Seasons Greetings (1998)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)
Live at Carnegie Hall (2003)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2007)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010)
The Best of Me (2020)
Barrel Fever (1994)
Naked (1997)
Holidays on Ice (1997)
Santaland Diaries and Seasons Greetings (1998)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)
Live at Carnegie Hall (2003)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2007)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010)
The Best of Me (2020)
Anthologies edited
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Non fiction show
Books containing stories by David Sedaris
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 (2010)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Dave Eggers
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (2004)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Dave Eggers
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The North Line (2024)
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"A frightening story of tough men pushed to the brink. The novel is captivating, occasionally funny, and startling. I couldn't put it down."
Devolution (2020)
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"A masterful blend of laugh-out-loud social satire and stuff-your-fist-in-your-mouth horror. One elevates the other, making the book, and its message, all the more relevant."
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