Advertisement

Kelly Oxford on which depraved, funny books she likes

Author Kelly Oxford talks about her book “Everything is Perfect When You’re a Liar” at the Festival of Books.

Share via

At the L.A. Times Festival of Books, Kelly Oxford sat down with Times columnist Robin Abcarian to talk about her book “Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar,” the Twitter star’s first collection of humorous essays.

VIDEO: AUTHOR INTERVIEWS FROM FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

The book is about “things that have happened that in my life that were mostly horrifying but I found the humor in them,” she says. She liked reading books by David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler, she explains, because of the stories that are both depraved and funny.

Advertisement

ALSO:Truman Capote’s ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ manuscript up for auction

Talking to Molly Ringwald about book tours and L.A. writers [Video]

Jonathan Lethem on his upcoming novel, ‘Dissident Gardens’ [Video]

Advertisement

Carolyn Kellogg: Join me on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Advertisement