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David Sedaris

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born
in Binghamton, New York, The United States
December 26, 1956

gender
male

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genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Short Stories


About this author

David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist 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 four 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 have collectively sold seven 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...more


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David Sedaris's Books

Average rating: 3.95 · 827,797 ratings · 36,004 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors
Me Talk Pretty One Day
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 346,713 ratings — published 2000 — 40 editions
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Naked
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 124,364 ratings — published 1997 — 32 editions
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Dress Your Family in Cordur...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 117,089 ratings — published 2004 — 45 editions
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When You Are Engulfed in Fl...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 91,228 ratings — published 2008 — 33 editions
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Holidays on Ice
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 55,662 ratings — published 1997 — 25 editions
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Barrel Fever
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 30,870 ratings — published 1994
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SantaLand Diaries
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 20,916 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 27,334 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 4,156 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Let's Explore Diabetes with...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,282 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions
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"A self-proclaimed magnet for crazy people, the humorist talks about his new work of short fiction, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, and the grossest nature videos you can find on YouTube." ...More

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Quotes by David Sedaris

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever
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“Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.”
― David Sedaris
tags: humor, perception, retardation
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“I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”
― David Sedaris, Naked
tags: changing-others
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