Playwright, author, radio star, and retired elf David Sedaris may be the most brilliantly witty New Yorker since Dorothy Parker.” -New York Magazine

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor

Playwright, author, radio star, and retired elf David Sedaris may be the most brilliantly witty New Yorker since Dorothy Parker.” -New York Magazine

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. A master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today, his bestselling books include Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. His newest collection of essays, titled When You Are Engulfed in Flames, has just been released. Sedaris’s essays appear regularly in Esquire and The New Yorker and his original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life, distributed nationally by Public Radio International and produced by WBEZ. Sedaris and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written several plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. He has also received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Spoken Word Album ("Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim") and Best Comedy Album ("David Sedaris: Live at Carnegie Hall") and was named “Humorist of the Year” by Time magazine in 2001.