David Sedaris is the author of
Barrel Fever and
Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays such as
Naked,
Me Talk Pretty One Day,
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and
When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Sedaris's pieces appear regularly in the
New Yorker and have twice been included in The Best American Essays. There are more than ten million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 25 languages. www.davidsedarisbooks.com
Ian Falconer was an author and illustrator of children's books, a designer of sets and costumes for the theater and creator of 30 covers for the
New Yorker as well as other publications. The fine artist and designer was best known for his witty and bestselling picture books about the precocious piglet Olivia, a children's book series with over 10 million sales worldwide.