Tom Perrotta
1961
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Syracuse University, Yale University, David Brearley High School, Jonathan Edwards College
occupation: writer, screenwriter, novelist
influenced by: Tobias Wolff
official website: www.tomperrotta.net
Thomas R. Perrotta (born August 13, 1961) is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which has been adapted into a TV series on HBO. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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