David Henry Sterry has written books on many subjects: from sports, to publishing, to himself, to fictitious 13 year-old boys and girls. His latest is the follow-up to Chicken by Grove Atlantic/Canongate, Unzipped: a True Story of Sex, Drugs, Rollerskates and Murder (2007). In addition he has co-written four Little Missmatched books: Pajama Party in a Box; Marvelous and Fabulous Me (Workman, 2007);  The Writer in Me! and  The Artist In Me! (Workman, 2008) His first YA title, (written under the name Henry Johnson) is Travis & Freddy’s Adventures in Vegas (Dutton/Penguin, April, 2006). This was preceded by Putting Your Passion into Print (Workman Publishing, 2005), based on the class he taught at Stanford University for four years. He is also both writer of and performer in the one-man show “Chicken”, based on his bestselling memoir Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (ReganBooks/HarperCollins: 2002). His first book was an American Library Association pick-of-the-year, Satchel Sez: The Wit, Wisdom & World of Leroy “Satchel” Paige (Crown/Random House, 2001). And the second installment of his YA series will come out next year: Travis & Freddy Adventures on a Runaway Train. His story in San Francisco Noir (Akashic, 2005) is a finalist for the Henry Miller Award. He is a contributor to Creative Non-Fiction, 2 Do Before I Die, 5 Minute Erotica, and many other anthologies. His poetry has been published everywhere from Santa Monica Review, to the Hungry Orangutan. He’s also written for, among others, The London Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Penthouse, and The Scotsman. Plays performed at PS 122, the West Bank Café, and the Duplex. Wrote screenplays for Disney, Fox, and Nickelodeon Pictures.

David Henry Sterry is also a teacher, consultant and talent scout for Levine Greenberg Literary Agency. He’s taught writers about publishing with Putting Your Passion Into Print at Stanford for three years, and many of his students have book deals. PYPIP has now been presented, in various forms, hundreds of times, in colleges, universities, libraries, bookstores and festivals, writer’s workshops, on TV, radio and in print. He’s also taught writing, performing, and creating theater from life, everywhere from Reed College, to University of New Orleans, to San Francisco State; and to teenagers in NYC, SAGE in SF, and for the United States Department of Justice, in Washington, DC. He is also a presentation coach and pitch doctor, working with lawyers, models, architects, actors and writers, helping them present themselves and their ideas with clarity and passion.

David Henry Sterry is also a performer. “Chicken”, the show, began at the Marsh Theater in SF, and was named one of the Year’s Best Shows in the SF Chronicle. It premiered internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and was named the UK’s #1 play. He’s performed “Chicken” all over America from Manhattan to Hollywood, and all over the world, from Amsterdam to Australia. As a stand-up comedian, performed with everyone from Robin Williams to Milton Berle. As an actor, worked with everyone from Will Smith to David Letterman to Michael Caine to Zippy the Chimp. He was a TV pitchman for AT&T, Proctor & Gamble, and MacDonald’s, performed in over 750 commercials, winning 4 Clios. Cartoon vocal artist on Denis the Menace and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Starred in HBO’s Emmy Award-winning Encyclopedia. Emceed at Chippendale’s Male Strip Club in New York.
Been featured in (among others): The New York Times, The London Times, The Sunday Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Details Magazine, BBC Radio, and NPR’s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation. Chicken was published by Canongate in the UK in April, 2003, Dutch (de Kern), German (Rowohlt, 2005), Spanish (Grupo Planeta, 2006), Croatian (Celeber, 2006), and Russia (Red Fish, 2006), and is coming out in Italian (Adelphi, 2007).

He’s worked as a chicken, a chicken fryer, a soda jerk, a cherry picker, a poet, a building inspector, a limo driver, a baby sitter, a barker, and a marriage counselor. He graduated from Reed College, and loves his wife, his cat, and any sport involving a ball.