David Sedaris
Sedaris at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2018
Born	David Raymond Sedaris (1956-12-26) December 26, 1956 (age 69) Johnson City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor
Nationality	American
Education	School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BA)
Genre	Humor, essays
Notable awards	Thurber Prize for American Humor American Academy of Arts and Letters
Spouse	Hugh Hamrick (m. 2016-present)
Relatives	Amy Sedaris (sister)
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David Raymond Sedaris (/sɪˈdɛərɪs/ sih-DAIR-iss; born December 26, 1956)^[1][2] is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. 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. 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.

Much of Sedaris's humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating and often concerns his family life, his middle-class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, his Greek heritage, homosexuality, jobs, education, drug use, and obsessive behaviors, as well as his life in France, London, New York, and the South Downs in England. He is the brother and writing collaborator of actress Amy Sedaris.

In 2019, Sedaris was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.