Amy Sedaris
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born
March 29, 1961
gender
female
place of birth
Endicott, New York, The United States
genre
Entertainment, Cooking, Food & Wine, Crafts & Hobbies
about this author
Comedianne Amy Sedaris confronts vulgarity with a daring innocence to create her wickedly absurd characters. You may best remember her as America's most lovable skank, Jerri Blank, from the hyper-irreverent series Strangers With Candy. Raised in North Carolina,, Sedaris got her start at Second City in Chicago before moving to N.Y.C. to write plays with her brother, author David Sedaris, who has hilariously documented their family's history in many of his novels. Calling themselves "The Talent Family," they wrote, directed, and starred in numerous plays in N.Y.C., winning some Obie and Drama Desk awards. Along with fellow Second City vets Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, she wrote and starred in the sketch show Exit 57, which ran ...more
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Holidays on Ice: Featuring six new stories by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris avg rating 3.82 — 68 ratings — published 1997 24 editions |
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Barrel Fever and Other Stories by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris avg rating 3.55 — 11 ratings — published 1994 16 editions |
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris avg rating 4.07 — 5,248 ratings — published 2006 6 editions |
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Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert avg rating 3.52 — 1,096 ratings — published 2004 6 editions |
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The Book of Liz by Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris avg rating 3.55 — 471 ratings — published 2002 |
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I Like You by Amy Sedaris avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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"Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend."
— Amy Sedaris (I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence)
— Amy Sedaris (I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence)
"On the off chance that you have children, don't clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris "
— Amy Sedaris
— Amy Sedaris
"Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking."
— Amy Sedaris (I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence)
— Amy Sedaris (I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence)
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