David Rakoff

David Rakoff is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: the essay collections Fraud , Don't Get Too Comfortable , and Half Empty , and the novel in verse Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish . A two-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, he was a regular contributor to Public Radio International's This American Life . His writing frequently appeared in the New York Times , Newsweek , Wired , Salon , GQ , Outside , Gourmet ,...See more

David Rakoff is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: the essay collections Fraud , Don't Get Too Comfortable , and Half Empty , and the novel in verse Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish . A two-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, he was a regular contributor to Public Radio International's This American Life . His writing frequently appeared in the New York Times , Newsweek , Wired , Salon , GQ , Outside , Gourmet , Vogue , and Slate , among other publications. An accomplished stage and screen actor, playwright, and screenwriter, he adapted the screenplay for and starred in Joachim Back's film The New Tenants , which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. He died in 2012. See less