Dave Barry was born in Armonk, New York, in 1947 and has steadily grown older ever since without ever actually reaching maturity. He attended public schools, where he distinguished himself by not getting in nearly as much trouble as he would have if the authorities had been aware of everything. He is proud to have been elected class Clown by the Pleasantville High School Class of 1965.

Barry went to Haverford College, where he was an English major and wrote lengthy scholarly papers filled with sentences that even he did not understand. He graduated in 1969 and eventually got a job with a newspaper named -- this is the real name -- the Daily Local News, in West Chester , Pennsylvania, where he covered a series of incredibly dull municipal meetings, some of which are still going on.

In 1975, Barry joined Burger Associates, a consulting firm that teaches effective writing to businesspersons. He spent nearly eight years trying to get various businessperson to for God's sake stop writing things like "Enclosed please find the enclosed enclosure, " but he eventually realized that it was hopeless. So in 1983 he took a job at The Miami Herald and he has been there ever since, although he never answers the phone. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, pending a recount. His column is carried in over 400 newspapers, yet another indication of the worsening drug crisis.

Mr. Barry has written several best sellers, including: Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs, Dave Barry in Cyberspace, Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, and Dave Barry Is From Mars AND Venus. All have been hailed by the critics as "containing a tremendous amount of white space."

The CBS television series Dave's World was based on two of his books; the show has been canceled, but for the time being life continues.

An Evening with Dave Barry