- Tama Janowitz
Tama Janowitz (born
April 12 ,1957 ) is an Americannovel ist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of "Pages " magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along withBret Easton Ellis ,Mark Lindquist andJay McInerney .Born in
San Francisco, California to apsychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to theEast Coast of the United States to attendBarnard College and theColumbia University School of the Arts and started writing about life inNew York City , where she had settled down.She socialized with
Andy Warhol and became well-known in New York's literary and social circles. Her 1986 collection of short stories, "Slaves of New York" brought her wider fame. "Slaves of New York " was adapted into a 1989 film directed by James Ivory and starringBernadette Peters . Janowitz wrote the screenplay and also appeared, playing Peters' friend.Janowitz has published seven novels. She lives in
Brooklyn with her husband, Tim Hunt, and their adopted daughter.Novels
*"American Dad" (1981)
*"Slaves of New York" (1986)
*"A Cannibal in Manhattan " (1987)
*"The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group " (1991)
*"By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee " (1996)
*"A Certain Age " (1999)
*"Peyton Amberg " (2003)Nonfiction
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Area Code 212 " (2002)External links
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/tamajanowitz/ 1987 audio interview of Tama Janowitz at Wired for Books.org] by
Don Swaim
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