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David Sedaris was born in Binghamton, New York on December 26, 1956, but he grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Much of Sedaris' humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, and it often concerns his family life, his middle class upbringing in the suburbs of North Carolina. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1987. He is a popular radio commentator, essayist, and short story writer. He held many part-time and odd jobs before getting a job reading excerpts from his diaries on National Public Radio in 1992. His first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, was published in 1994. His other works include Naked, Holidays on Ice, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002), and Calypso. Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2001. He has also written several plays with his sister Amy Sedaris including Stump the Host, Stitches, and The Little Frieda Mysteries. In 2014 her title, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Holidays on Ice: Stories… (more)
Me Talk Pretty One Day 20,762 copies, 360 reviews
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 13,074 copies, 192 reviews
Naked 12,176 copies, 119 reviews
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Narrator, some editions) 8,871 copies, 261 reviews
Holidays on Ice: Stories 7,479 copies, 192 reviews
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays 5,342 copies, 64 reviews
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls 3,334 copies, 156 reviews
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk 3,263 copies, 164 reviews
Calypso 2,102 copies, 110 reviews
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) 1,366 copies, 53 reviews
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Editor; Introduction) 1,198 copies, 14 reviews
SantaLand Diaries 666 copies, 12 reviews
The Best of Me 557 copies, 12 reviews
Happy-Go-Lucky 509 copies, 18 reviews
The Book of Liz 273 copies, 1 review
The David Sedaris Box Set 134 copies, 1 review
Themes and Variations 118 copies, 6 reviews
Indefinite Leave to Remain 76 copies, 4 reviews
Naked [abridged] 61 copies, 4 reviews
The Ultimate David Sedaris 36 copies, 1 review
Hundeleben 4 copies
Farm 1 copy
Letting Go 1 copy
Lincoln in the Bardo (Narrator, some editions) 5,521 copies, 314 reviews
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (Contributor) 742 copies, 11 reviews
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (Contributor) 740 copies, 6 reviews
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 (Contributor) 591 copies, 3 reviews
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories (Foreword, some editions) 365 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Essays 2005 (Contributor) 335 copies, 1 review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 (Introduction) 297 copies, 8 reviews
The Best American Essays 2008 (Contributor) 285 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Essays 2010 (Contributor) 224 copies, 7 reviews
Paris Was Ours (Contributor) 220 copies, 8 reviews
Strange Stories for Strange Kids (Contributor) 212 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (Contributor) 211 copies
The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (Contributor) 205 copies, 1 review

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David Raymond Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized 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. He is the brother and writing collaborator of actor Amy Sedaris.

Much of Sedaris's humor is ostensibly autobiographical and self-deprecating and often concerns his family life, his middle-class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, his Greek heritage, homosexuality, jobs, education, drug use, and obsessive behaviors, and his life in France, London, and the English South Downs
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