death_date death_place birth_place birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
13 december 2006 san francisco , california , u.s. piedmont , california , u.s. 16 may 1961 self-help richard jpg carlson , -lrb- 1961 -- 2006 -rrb- . richard carlson -lrb- author -rrb-
 richard carlson author , psychotherapist and motivational speaker
richard carlson -lrb- author -rrb-

richard carlson -lrb- may 16 , 1961 -- december 13 , 2006 -rrb- was an american author , psychotherapist , and motivational speaker , who rose to fame with the success of his book , `` do n't sweat the small stuff ... and it 's all small stuff '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , which became one of the fastest-selling books of all time and made publishing history as `` usa today `` s bestselling book for two consecutive years .
it also spent over 101 weeks on the new york times best seller list .
it was published in 135 countries and translated into latvian , polish , icelandic , serbian and 26 other languages .
thereafter , carlson went on to write 20 books .
