**David Sedaris *is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery *, The Best of Me, and * Calypso.He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker * and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of t...

**David Sedaris *is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery *, The Best of Me, and * Calypso.He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker * and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.