Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist. He has written more than 30 books, including the novels Big Trouble, Lunatics, Tricky Business, and, most recently, Insane City. Two of Barry\u2019s books were the basis for the CBS sitcom Dave\u2019s World, and Big Trouble was adapted into a film starring Tim Allen and Renee Russo. He also wrote a nationally-syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. One of his columns was largely responsible for the movement to observe \u201cInternational Talk like a Pirate Day\u201d every year on September 19th \u2013 perhaps his most enduring achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"