Humorist David Sedaris "may not be the smartest American writer, but he is arguably the funniest," wrote Sam Jemielty in a Playboy.com article. Sedaris had taken an IQ test to see if he could join the ranks of the "genius fraternity Mensa," according...

Budding comedy writer David Sedaris first came into public attention when he started reading excerpts from his diary on National Public Radio. The diary-reading stint touched off an avalanche of inquiries from editors, publishers and studio executives. Sedaris comes from a multi-talented family, with...

David Sedaris came to town recently. His arrival was greeted with a shrug by people who'd never heard him on National Public Radio, talking in that high-pitched voice about something deliciously scathing or strange, like the time he worked as an elf at...

Condé Nast kaffeeklatsch: New Yorker editor Jeffrey Frank’s novel Trudy Hopedale is described by fellow New Yorker contributor David Sedaris as “cunning and relentlessly funny.” (Can we just take this opportunity to say that the love story between Mr. Sedaris and his Hugh is the...

For the last decade acclaimed Upper West Side horror novelist Peter Straub has followed the ABC soap opera One Life to Live with such dogged enthusiasm that earlier this year the producers awarded him a walk-on role. “I played retired detective Pete Braust,” Mr. Straub...