

His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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. School of the Art Institute of Chicago ( BA)ĭavid Raymond Sedaris ( / s ɪ ˈ d ɛər ɪ s/ born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor.
