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John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut) (pronounced /ˈmækənɝni/) is an American writer. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages. Bright Lights Big City is a Novel by the American author Jay McInerney, published by Vintage on August 12 Story of My Life is a Novel published in 1988 by the American author Jay McInerney. He edited The Penguin Book of New American Voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia, which starred Angelina Jolie. Gia is a 1998 HBO Television film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4 1975 is an American film actor He is the wine columnist for House & Garden magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me (2000) and A Hedonist in the Cellar (2006). House & Garden was an American shelter Magazine published by Condé Nast Publications that focuses on Interior design, entertaining and gardening His most recent novel is titled The Good Life, published in 2006.

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Life and work

McInerney studied writing with Raymond Carver and once worked as a fact-checker at The New Yorker. Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry McInerney achieved fame with his first novel Bright Lights, Big City. Published in 1984, the novel was unique at the time for its depiction of cocaine culture in second-person narrative. The second-person narrative is a Narrative mode in which the Protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person Personal pronouns The title is taken from a 1961 blues song by Jimmy Reed. Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed ( September 6 1925 - August 29 1976) was an American Blues Singer notable The novel established McInerney’s reputation as part of a new generation of writers. Labelled the ‘literary brat pack' in a 1987 article in the Village Voice McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz were presented as the new face of literature: young, iconoclastic and fresh. The " literary Brat Pack " was a term created by the media to refer to a group of young authors in the 1980s This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles California) is an American author. Tama [1] Five novels followed in rapid succession: Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, The Last of the Savages and Model Behavior.

After the success of Bright Lights, Big City, publishers started looking for similar works about young people in urban settings. Ellis's Less Than Zero, published in 1985, was promoted as following McInerney’s example. McInerney, Ellis and Janowitz were based in New York City and their lives there were regular literary themes, chronicled by New York media. Ellis used McInerney's character, Alison Poole (Story Of My Life), in his novel Glamorama. McInerney also has a cameo role in Ellis's Lunar Park, attending the Halloween party Bret hosts at his house. Lunar Park is a combined semi- autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and is a Ghost story in the vein of Stephen It was later revealed that McInerney was not pleased with his representation in the novel. [2]

Throughout his career McInerney has struggled against the strong, almost indelible, image of himself as both the author and protagonist of Bright Lights, Big City.

Personal life

His first wife was Linda Rossiter, a half-Japanese fashion model, and his second wife was writer Merry Reymond; for four years he lived with fashion model Marla Hanson[3][4] He has twins (Maisie and John Barrett McInerney 3rd, born in 1994 to a surrogate mother) with his former third wife, jewelry designer and writer Helen Bransford. Marla Hanson is a Screenwriter and ex- model. Born in Independence Missouri, Hanson attended college in Dallas Texas. Surrogacy is a method of Reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and deliver a child for a contracted party [5] On 21 November 2006, McInerney eloped with his fiancée, publishing heiress Anne Hearst. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Anne Randolph Hearst is an American Socialite and publishing Heiress. [6]

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There's always been a personal element to my critical reception as a writer; people say that I'm too much of a public figure. My relationship with the press is an odd hall of mirrors. [7]

Bibliography

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References

  1. ^ In the September/October 2005 issue of Pages magazine, the literary brat pack was identified retrospectively as Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, and McInerney. Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles California) is an American author. Tama Other authors associated with the Brat Pack included Donna Tartt, Susan Minot, Peter Farrelly, Mark Lindquist, Peter J. Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels The Secret History Susan Minot Peter John Farrelly (born December 17 1956 is an American film director screenwriter producer and novelist Mark Lindquist is an American novelist and lawyer Books background His books are known for mixing literature with pop culture Smith, and Mary Robison. Mary Robison (January 14 1949 is an American short-story writer and novelist
  2. ^ Birnbaum v. Bret Easton Ellis. The Morning News. themorningnews. org (2006-01-19). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
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  4. ^ Interview: Jay McInerney | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
  5. ^ Interview: Jay McInerney | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
  6. ^ Celebrity Scandals and Gossip - NY Daily News
  7. ^ The BEATRICE Interview: 1996

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