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Name: Armistead Maupin  
   
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Date of Birth: 13th May 1944
   
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Armistead Maupin (born May 13, 1944 in Washington D.C.) is an American novelist whose most noted work to date is his six-book series collectively titled Tales of the City, the first portions of which were initially published as a newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle, and later converted into a series of books. The first three books in the series have also been converted into three television miniseries, the first airing on the American television network PBS and the latter two on the American premium cable television channel Showtime.

Later works by Maupin, unrelated to the Tales series, include The Night Listener and Maybe The Moon.

Biography

Maupin grew up in North Carolina, where he attended the University of North Carolina. He is a veteran of the US Navy, and once worked for the conservative television personality and subsequent US Senator Jesse Helms. His name is an anagram - Armistead Maupin~Is a Man I Dreamt Up.

Bibliography

  • Tales of the City
  • More Tales of the City
  • Further Tales of the City
  • Babycakes
  • Significant Others
  • Sure of You
  • Maybe the Moon
  • The Night Listener

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