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, from 1983 to January, 2005. His column is currently on a one-year hiatus, after which it may or may not return.

Works

Films

• Big Trouble (2001/2)
• Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys (in production 2005)

Fiction

• Big Trouble (1999)
• Tricky Business (2002)
• Peter and the Starcatchers (2004, with Ridley Pearson)

Non-fiction

• The Taming of the Screw (1983)
• Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home (1984)
• Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead (1985)
• Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week (1986)
• Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex (1987)
• Homes and Other Black Holes (1988)
• Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States (1989)
• Dave Barry Turns 40 (1990)
• Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need (1991)
• Dave Barry's Guide to Life (1991) includes Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex, Claw Your Way to the Top, Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead and Babies and Other Hazards of Sex
• Dave Barry Does Japan (1992)
• Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides (1994)
• Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys (1996)
• Dave Barry in Cyberspace (1996)
• Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs (1997)
• Dave Barry Turns 50 (1998)
• Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions (2001)
• "My Teenage Son's Goal in Life is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry (2001)
• "The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry (2001)

Collected columns

• Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book (1987)
• Dave Barry's Greatest Hits (1988)
• Dave Barry Talks Back (1991)
• The World According to Dave Barry (1994) includes Dave Barry Talks Back and Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
• Dave Barry is NOT Making This Up (1995)
• Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus (1997)
• Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down (2000)
• Dave Barry: Boogers Are My Beat (2003)

Collaborations

• Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Chords and an Attitude (1994) with Stephen King, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Al Kooper, Ridley Pearson, Roy Blount, Jr., Joel Selvin, Amy Tan, Dave Marsh, Tad Bartimus, Matt Groening, Greil Marcus, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Dorris
• Naked Came the Manatee (1998) with Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, James W. Hall, Edna Buchanan, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Brian Antoni, Tananarive Due, John Dufresne, Vicki Hendricks, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson

Audio recordings

• A Totally Random Evening With Dave Barry (1992)