David Ellis Dickerson

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David Ellis Dickerson
OccupationWriter
EducationPhD in American literature, Florida State University
Genre Memoir

David Ellis Dickerson is an American author, humorist and contributor to National Public Radio's This American Life . [1] Dickerson worked at Hallmark as a greeting card writer and is the unofficial Greeting Card Laureate of National Public Radio. He is creator of the web series Greeting Card Emergency, on which he writes greeting cards for unusual situations. [2] He has also contributed to The Atlantic . [3]

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As of November 2015, he lives in Tallahassee, Florida, having moved from his native Tucson, Arizona. He also lived in New York City and Hollywood, California. He is an atheist. [3]

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References

  1. Radio Archive by Contributor: David Ellis Dickerson This American Life
    - Books by David Ellis Dickerson Amazon.com
  2. Greeting Card Emergency YouTube web series.
    -Greeting Card Emergency The Daily Beast.
  3. 1 2 "Viewpoints: Why is faith falling in the US?". BBC News . August 21, 2012.