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Dave Barry

David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the Miami, Florida newspaper, The Miami Herald.

Contents
1 Biography
2 Works

2.1 Fiction
2.2 Non-fiction
2.3 Collected columns
2.4 Collaborations

3 See also
4 External links
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Biography

"What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death."

Barry was born in Armonk, New York. His educational experiences include being elected class clown by Pleasantville High School in 1965, playing in Federal Duck (a rock band) in college, and earning a Bachelor of Arts in English from Haverford College in 1969. In a 2001 interview with the Dallas Star-Telegram, Barry was quoted as saying "I decided I was an atheist early on".

"A resume is not just a piece of paper. It's a piece of paper with lies written all over it."

His journalism career began as a business writing consultant at the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In 1983, Barry started working as a humor columnist for The Miami Herald. Barry won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1988, "For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns."

For a 1992 American Booksellers Association convention, several authors including Barry formed a band for charity: The Rock Bottom Remainders (a publishing term for books that don't sell). The members of the band, which has at various times included Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson, Mitch Albom, Kathy Goldmark, Roy Blount Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, and Matt Groening, "are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud," according to Barry. The band's road tour resulted in the book Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude, which is now out of print.

CBS broadcast the situation comedy Dave's World for four seasons, from 1993 to 1997, based on the books Dave Barry Turns 40 and Dave Barry's Greatest Hits, starring Harry Anderson as Barry, and DeLane Matthews as his wife, Beth. In an early episode, Barry was cast in a cameo role. The program was cancelled shortly after being moved from Monday to the Friday night death slot.

Barry's first novel, Big Trouble, was made into a motion picture, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo and Patrick Warburton, with a cameo by Barry. The movie was originally due for release in late 2001, but was postponed shortly after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack because the story involved smuggling a nuclear weapon onto an airplane.

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base."

Barry and his wife, Beth, welcomed a son, Rob, in 1980. The Barrys divorced in the mid-1990s. In 1996, Barry married Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman; they had a daughter, Sophie, in 2000. All are mentioned regularly in Barry's columns.

Articles written by Barry have appeared in publications such as Boating, Home Office Computing and Reader's Digest.

When distinguishing fact from hyperbole, Barry frequently asserts: "I am not making this up." His writings center largely on exploding or flaming items (cows, exploding whales, vacuum cleaners, toilets, pop tarts, Barbie dolls, etc.), dogs' lacking intelligence, and amusing government studies. Barry also has libertarian political leanings. He labels various posts on his blog with long abreviations, such as OIYDWYMTTY(NY)G and wbagnfarb, no doubt picking fun at unnecesarrily long internet abreviations.

On October 20, 2004, Dave Barry announced that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from his weekly humor column with the Herald in order to spend more time with his family. He said that he would continue writing humor and children's books and working on filming the screen adaptation of his book, Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys. He has not yet decided whether he will return to writing the column in 2006. Barry does, however continue to post updates in his weblog, which duty he shares with his Research Department, Judi Smith.

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Works

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Fiction

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Non-fiction

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Collected columns

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Collaborations

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See also

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External links

 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about Dave Barry








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