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I actually have 8 of his books and I am very proud of that. He has been my favorite author for years and I get excited every time he publishes a new book. I am talking about the American author David Sedaris!

He is a humorist writer and essayist. Most of his jokes are autobiographical and often refer to his big family, his Greek heritage, and his different jobs; about his drug abuse, his homosexuality and his emigration to France.

He was born on the 26th of December 1956 in Binghamton (NY), grew up in Raleigh and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is suffering from a light form of the Tourette-Syndrome which is also mentioned in his short stories.
After a lot of appalling jobs, he first gained attention for his radio essay The Santa Land Diaries in which he is talking about his experiences as an elf in the department store Macy’s.His first book Barrel Fever is a collection of essays and short stories. Other books are: Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Holidays on Ice, Santa Land Diaries, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owl.A lot of his books were on top of the New York Times Bestseller-List. 2001, he was awarded “Humorist of the Year” by the Time Magazine. He is currently living in England with his boyfriend Hugh Hamrick. Among other things, he is writing for the New York Times, The New Yorker and Esquire.

I guess I could say that Sedaris was the one who got me into reading books in English. After getting through the first one which was still a challenge for me, I started to get used to it and ignore words I didn’t understand. As more books I read, as more I understood. It was weird. I actually read a few of his books in German as well because I started to get really interested in how those jokes are translated and stuff. In my opinion, some jokes didn’t work that well in German.
 I certainly like first person narrators. Besides Sedaris, I also like Stephen Clarke and Bill Bryson. What I like about David Sedaris is how he describes people, as well as different cultures and customs. And well, it might not be for everyone, but I think he is hilarious.