In recognition of Barry's achievements, the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, named a sewage lifting station after him. He is also largely responsible for the popularity of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, although it was not his idea. His new novel, Swamp Story, will be published by Simon and Schuster in June of 2023.Īlong with Ridley Pearson, Barry wrote the bestselling Starcatchers series of young-adult novels, one of which was adapted as the Tony-award winning Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher.īarry once set fire to a pair of underpants with a Barbie doll on national television. He has also written dozens of bestselling books, most recently Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog. Dave Barry is an author and humorist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his syndicated column, which ran in more than 500 newspapers and was the inspiration for the TV show Dave's World.
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