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About Dave Barry - Humor Columnist and Speaker:

Dave Barry is a humor columnist for the Miami Herald. His column appears in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Hi is the Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Dave Barry has written several best-sellers, including Dave Barry Talks Back; Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus; Dave Barry is Not Taking This Sitting Down; Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway; and Tricky Business. In addition, his writing was the basis of the CBS popular sitcom, Dave’s World. His books have been hailed by the critics as containing a tremendous amount of whitespace.

Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Album. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud. Dave has also made many TV appearances, including one on the David Letterman show where he proved that it is possible to set fire to a pair of men's underpants with a Barbie doll.

In 1975, Barry joined Burger Associates, a consulting firm that teaches effective writing to business people. He spent nearly eight years trying to get his students to stop writing things like Enclosed please find the enclosed enclosures, but he eventually realized that it was hopeless. So in 1983, Dave took a job at the Miami Herald, and has been there ever since.

What Dave Barry Talks About:

Every absurdity of everyday life—from politics to the species of individuals known as guys — is fodder for syndicated columnist Dave Barry. Dave brings his outrageous sense of humor to your stage and offers up his wacky point of view on relationships, work, kids, technology, and life in general – no two speeches are the same.