- A. M. Homes
Infobox Writer
name = A. M. Homes
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birthdate = birth date and age|1961|12|18
birthplace =Washington, D.C. , U.S.
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occupation =Fiction writer,memoir ist,screenwriter
nationality = American
period = 1989 – present
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"The End of Alice " (1996)
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website = http://www.amhomesbooks.com/
portaldisp =Amy M. Homes (
pen name A. M. Homes; born December 18, 1961) [Library of Congress authority record. Retrieved on November 11, 2007.] is an Americanwriter . She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably "The End of Alice " (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer. She is also the author of the novels "This Book Will Save Your Life " (2006), "Music for Torching " (1999), "In a Country of Mothers " (1993), and "Jack" (1989), and the story collections "The Safety of Objects" (1990) and "Things You Should Know " (2002).Background
Homes was born in in
Washington, D.C. She received herB.A. in 1985 fromSarah Lawrence College , [Weich, Dave, "A.M. Homes Is a Big Fat Liar," Powells.com, May 24, 1999.] where she studied with the authorGrace Paley . She earned herM.F.A. from the celebrated University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.Personal
Homes currently lives in
New York City with her young daughter. ["A. M. Homes." "Contemporary Authors Online" (April 25, 2007). Gale. Retrieved on November 11, 2007.] In 2007 she spent the summer months as writer-in-residence inAmsterdam , The Netherlands. [cite web|url= http://www.writerinresidence.nl/index.php?mwid=23&sid=411|date=2007 |accessdate=2007-05-09 | title="Guest Writers 2007" |work=Residency for Writers in Amsterdam] She has taught in the writing programs atColumbia University ,The New School , andNew York University . [Lyceum Speakers Agency, http://www.lyceumagency.com/a_m_+homes.aspx, retrieved 3-20-2008]In April 2007, she stated in the "
Washington Post ", “I've dated men and I've dated women and there's no more or less to it than that.” [ [http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/5/amhomes Catching up with AM Homes] . Afterellen.com. Retrieved May 29, 2007.] [ [http://www.amhomesbooks.com/index.php?mode=objectlist§ion_id=137&object_id=293 A.M. Homes - Author Interviews ] ] In an interview with "Diva" magazine she said, "‘I am bisexual, but I wouldn’t necessarily define myself that way." [ [http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/features.asp?PID=37647 "Diva" magazine interview] ]Awards
Homes is the recipient of numerous awards, including a
Guggenheim Fellowship , aNational Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Cullman Center Fellowship from theNew York Public Library , aCenter for Scholars and Writers Fellowship,National Foundation for the Arts andNew York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, and theDeutscher Jugendliteraturpreis . Her work has been translated into 18 languages.Career
Fiction
Homes' first novel, "Jack", an exploration of family life and sexuality, was published to critical acclaim in 1989; with a screenplay by the author, it was produced as a film for the cable network
Showtime in 2004. She followed it a year later with the short-story collection "The Safety of Objects ", which was released as afeature film in 2001. ThePulitzer Prize -winning authorMichael Cunningham called her 1996 novel "The End of Alice " as "dark and treacherous as ice on a highway. It establishes A.M. Homes as one of the bravest, most terrifying writers working today. She never plays it safe, and it begins to look as if she can do almost anything."Homes's 1999 novel "
Music for Torching "—featuring characters from "The Safety of Objects"—brought her widest acclaim.Gary Krist in "The New York Times " wrote, "I found myself rapt from beginning to end, fascinated by Homes's single-minded talent for provocation." [Krist, Gary, "Burning Down The House," The New York Times, May 30, 1999.] . "People" magazine called the novel "haunting," [Hubbard, Kim, People, "Music For Torching," June 28, 1999.] , Britain'sThe Observer found it "immensely disturbing". [Clark, Alex, The Observer, "Book Burns Night", August 22, 1999.] Writing in "The Guardian " in 2003, the writerAli Smith called Homes' collection "Things You Should Know" "funny and glinting and masterful, light as air, strange as a dream, monstrous as truth: the real and classic thing." [Smith, Ali, The Guardian, "Fertile Ground: Ali Smith revels in A.M. Homes' Masterful Short Stories," May 21, 2003.]Journalism
Her journalism appears in magazines such as "
Artforum ", "Vanity Fair", and "McSweeney's", among others. In 2004, "The New Yorker " published "The Mistress's Daughter", an essay about Homes's meeting, after 31 years, the biological parents who had put her up foradoption at birth. The essay eventually was expanded and published as a memoir in 2007. [cite web|url=http://movies.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=224351|date=May 28 2006|accessdate=2007-03-08|title="A.M. Homes Throws Readers a Life Preserver"|work=MSN Entertainment]Television
Homes wrote for season two of the
television drama series "The L Word ". On July 20, 2007 she announced that she would be developing anHBO series about theHamptons - "a cross between "Desperate Housewives " and "Grapes of Wrath"."fact|date=July 2007Works
Novels
* "Jack" (1989)
* "In a Country of Mothers " (1993)
* "The End of Alice " (1996)
* "" (1996)
* "Music for Torching " (1999)
* "This Book Will Save Your Life " (2006)tory collections
* "The Safety of Objects" (1990)
* "Things You Should Know " (2002)Non-fiction
* "" (2002)
* "On the Street 1980-1990" byAmy Arbus , Introduction by Homes
* "The Mistress's Daughter " (2007)External links
* [http://www.amhomesbooks.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.powells.com/authors/homes.html Powells interview with A.M. Homes]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A12480941 Interview with A.M. Homes on BBC Collective]
*imdb name|0392977|A.M. HomesReferences
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NAME=Homes, A. M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Homes, Amy Michael (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Novelist, memoirist
DATE OF BIRTH=December 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH=Washington, D.C.
DATE OF DEATH=
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