Tama Janowitz (born 1957 in San Francisco) is an American novelist and a short story writer^[1]. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis, Mark Lindquist and Jay McInerney. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). ... For Bering Strait album, see Pages (album). ... The Brat Pack was the name given to novelists Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney and Tama Janowitz as a media epiphet borrowed from the Brat Pack actors of the era. ... Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. ... Mark Lindquist is an American novelist and attorney. ... Jay McInerney (born in 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut and christened John Barrett McInerney, Jr. ...

Born in San Francisco, California to a psychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to the East Coast of the United States to attend Barnard College and the Columbia University School of the Arts and started writing about life in New York City, where she had settled down. San Francisco redirects here. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Barnard College, founded in 1889, is one of the four undergraduate divisions of Columbia University. ... The Columbia University School of the Arts , also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA, is the division of the university that offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Writing. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

She socialized with Andy Warhol^[2] 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^[3]. Slaves of New York was adapted into a 1989 film directed by James Ivory and starring Bernadette Peters. Janowitz wrote the screenplay and also appeared, playing Peters' friend. Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who was a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ... The year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama starring Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. ... // Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an award-winning American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ... Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. ...

Janowitz has published eight novels. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tim Hunt, and their adopted daughter. This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ...

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)
• They Is Us (2008)

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Nonfiction

• Area Code 212 (2002)

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References

1. ^ JRank - biography
2. ^ Random House - author profile
3. ^ Random House - author profile

Links

• Interview with Tama Janowitz