Biography

David Kamp writes books, articles, lyrics, and humor. He is the author, most recently, of Sunny Days (Simon & Schuster, 2020), a history of the Sesame Street-Mister Rogers era of enlightened children’s television. His other books include the national bestseller The United States of Arugula (Broadway Books, 2006), a chronicle of America’s foodways, and the “Snob’s Dictionary” series of humor books.

As a collaborator, David has worked with several major cultural figures on nationally bestselling memoirs: with Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer on A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap (Gallery Books, 2025); Patrick Stewart on Making It So (Gallery Books, 2023); Ron Howard and Clint Howard on The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family (William Morrow, 2021); and Martin Short on I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend (HarperCollins, 2014). He also served as an editorial consultant on Chris Blackwell’s memoir, The Islander (Gallery Books, 2022), and on the forthcoming Table 4 at the River Cafe by Ruthie Rogers (Gallery Books, 2026).

A longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, David has profiled such figures as Johnny Cash, Sly Stone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lucian Freud, Kerry Washington, Bruce Springsteen, John Hughes, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and the Brill Building songwriters. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, WSJ Magazine, Air Mail, Vogue, and The Atlantic.

In the realm of theater, David is the principal lyricist of the John Leguizamo musical comedy Kiss My Aztec!, which had its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in 2019 and anticipates a New York opening in 2026. Another musical, Vanishing New York, a collaboration with Fred Armisen and Eli Bolin, is currently in development.

David began his career at Spy, the legendary satirical monthly. He lives in New York City and rural Connecticut with his wife and two children.

Contact

MAIL: david@davidkamp.com

INSTAGRAM: @kamp_kamera

REPRESENTATION: David Larabell, CAA, david.larabell@caa.com