VJ Books Features Dave Barry!

In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened. Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom "Dave's World," in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave.

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 Albom. 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.

Dave lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter. He has a son, Rob, and a daughter, Sophie, neither of whom thinks he's funny.

 

 

 

 

Fiction

 

·         The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog

·         Cave of the Dark Wind - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Neverland: Cave of the Dark Wind

·         Peter and the Secret of Rundoon - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Science Fair - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Peter and the Sword of Mercy - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Escape from the Carnivale

·         Walt Disney’s Peter Pan - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Peter and the Shadow Thieves - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Peter and the Starcatchers - co-written with Ridley Pearson

·         Peter and the Secret of Rundoon

·         Tricky Business

·         Big Trouble

·         The Bridge to Neverland (Coming August 2011)

 

Non-Fiction

 

·         Boogers Are My Beat

·         Dave Barry's Money Secrets

·         Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

·         I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

·         Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions

·         Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down

·         Dave Barry Turns 50

·         Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus

·         Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs

·         Dave Barry in Cyberspace

·         Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys

·         Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides

·         Dave Barry is NOT Making This Up

·         Dave Barry Does Japan

·         Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

·         Dave Barry Talks Back - collected columns

·         Dave Barry Turns 40

·         Dave Barry Slept Here

·         Dave Barry's Greatest Hits

·         Homes and Other Black Holes

·         Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage And/or Sex

·         Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book

·         Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week

·         Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead

·         Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home

·         The Taming of the Screw

 

Other

 

·         Dave Barry's Guide to Life: Four Short But Useless Books in One Volume (includes Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex/Claw Your Way to the Top/Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead/Babies and Other Hazards of Sex)

 

·         The World According to Dave Barry (includes Dave Barry Talks Back/Dave Barry's Greatest Hits)

 

·         "My Teenage Son's Goal in Life is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry

 

·         "The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry

 

·         Naked Came the Manatee -- 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

 

·         Mid-Life Confidential -- 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

·         Collected column titles