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 Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.