Armistead Maupin (left) at the Sundance Film Festival, 2006. Photo by Jere

Armistead Maupin

Author of Tales of the City

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Armistead Maupin was born in Washington D.C. on May 13, 1944. He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam. He worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, before being assigned to the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. In 1976, he launched his groundbreaking Tales of the City serial in the San Francisco Chronicle. The series describes a group of characters that live together in a boarding house in San Francisco. Eventually, these Tales were collected into a series of six novels. In 1993, the British Broadcasting Company adapted them for a television series that aired on PBS in 1994. His other works include Maybe the Moon, Michael Tolliver Lives, and The Days of Anna Madrigal. The Night Listener was adapted into a movie starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Tales of the City… (more)

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Tales of the City

Tales of the City [Graphic Novels]

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Tales of the City 4,789 copies, 97 reviews

More Tales of the City 2,566 copies, 22 reviews

Further Tales of the City 2,307 copies, 20 reviews

Babycakes 1,952 copies, 18 reviews

Significant Others 1,801 copies, 16 reviews

Sure of You 1,722 copies, 13 reviews

The Night Listener 1,524 copies, 31 reviews

Michael Tolliver Lives 1,344 copies, 51 reviews

Maybe the Moon 1,097 copies, 20 reviews

Mary Ann in Autumn 818 copies, 56 reviews

The Days of Anna Madrigal 499 copies, 21 reviews

28 Barbary Lane 398 copies, 8 reviews

Back to Barbary Lane 336 copies, 6 reviews

Logical Family: A Memoir 246 copies, 8 reviews

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City [1993 TV miniseries] (Novel; Screenwriter) 42 copies, 2 reviews

The Complete Tales of the City 34 copies

Goodbye Barbary Lane 27 copies

Tales of the City Vol. 1: From the Novels of Armistead Maupin 15 copies, 2 reviews

Tales of the City Episode 1: Taking the Plunge 9 copies

Jackie Old: A tale of the future told in the past 6 copies

Tales of the City Series Volume 1-5 3 copies

Suddenly Home 2 copies

Tales of the City Episode 3: Romance in the Rink 2 copies

Tales of the City Episode 2: Confessions in the Nude 2 copies

More Tales Of The City: Volume One 2 copies

Tales of the City Episode 6: Three Men at the Tubs 2 copies

Gaybook Magazine (Ninth Edition) "Lesbians and Gay Get Parenting" 1 copy

Gaybook Magazine (Tenth Edition) "Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary" 1 copy

Tales of the City Episode 5: Trick or Treat in Suburbia 1 copy

Revealing Mr. Maugham 1 copy

Tales of the City Episode 4: The Anniversary Tango 1 copy

2004 1 copy

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The Berlin Stories (Introduction, some editions) 2,098 copies, 39 reviews

The Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction (Contributor) 318 copies

The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves (Contributor) 241 copies, 3 reviews

Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (Contributor) 169 copies, 10 reviews

Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foreword) 114 copies, 1 review

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and… (Foreword) 104 copies, 2 reviews

The Celluloid Closet [1995 film] (Self) 86 copies, 4 reviews

Tom of Finland XXL (some editions) 77 copies, 2 reviews

Man of My Dreams: Provocative Writing on Men Loving Men (Contributor) 75 copies

Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories (Contributor) 71 copies

Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk (Foreword) 55 copies, 1 review

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Part 1 [1993 TV series] (Original novel) 14 copies

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Part 3 (Original novel) 5 copies

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City: Part 2 (Original novel) 5 copies

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Canonical name

Legal name

Maupin, Armistead Jones, Jr.

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Date of birth

1944-05-13

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Gender

male

Nationality

USA

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Birthplace

Washington, D.C., USA

Place of death

Cause of death

Places of residence

San Francisco, California, USA

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

New Zealand

Tesuque, New Mexico, USA

Education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA | 1966)

Occupations

Relationships

Turner, Christopher (husband)

Agents

Steven Barclay Agency

Organizations

United States Navy (Vietnam)

Awards and honors

Publishing Triangle (Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1997)

Pioneer Award, Lamba Literary Foundation (2012)

Barbary Coast Award (2007)

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