Tom Perrotta

About the Author

Tom Perrotta is a 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. His fiction book, The Leftovers, made it to the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less

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Image credit: Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

Works by Tom Perrotta

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Little Children (2004) 3,460 copies

The Leftovers (2011) 2,228 copies

The Abstinence Teacher (2007) 2,170 copies

Election (1998) 932 copies

Mrs. Fletcher (2017) 746 copies

Joe College (2000) 685 copies

The Wishbones (1997) 461 copies

The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012) — Editor — 350 copies

Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies (1994) 349 copies

Nine Inches: Stories (2013) 291 copies

Tracy Flick Can't Win (2022) 290 copies

Little Children [2006 film] (2007) — Screenwriter — 62 copies

Me and Carlos (2020) 21 copies

Senior Season (2011) 15 copies

The Leftovers: The Complete First Season (2015) — Writer — 10 copies

Grade My Teacher - story (2013) 8 copies

The Leftovers: The Complete Second Season (2016) — Writer — 7 copies

The Smile on Happy Chang's Face [short story] 4 copies

Ploughshares Summer 2023 Guest-edited by Tom Perrotta 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 687 copies

The Thrill Club (1994) — Ghostwriter — 229 copies

Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (2008) — Contributor — 166 copies

Lit Riffs (2004) — Contributor — 164 copies

Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contributor — 132 copies

What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies

Life As a Loser (2005) — Foreword — 9 copies

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Canonical name: Perrotta, Tom
Legal name: Perrotta, Thomas R.
Birthdate: 1961-08-13
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Garwood, New Jersey, USA
Education: Yale College (AB|English|1983)
Syracuse University (MA|English/Creative Writing)
Occupations: screenwriter
Agent: Maria Massie (Lippincott, Massie, McQuilkin)

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Mrs. Fletcher : a novel by Tom Perrotta

Interesting, but somehow ALL the characters were slightly annoying to me. Can't put my finger on it.

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decaturmamaof2 | 56 other reviews | Nov 22, 2023 |

Mrs. Fletcher: A Novel by Tom Perrotta

Fun read with well defined characters. If I had the time I would have ripped through this book in two sessions. Excellent story with an insightful narrative from several character perspectives.

I'd love to hear feedback from the 40 , single women out there on what they thought.

Let me know

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BenM2023 | 56 other reviews | Nov 22, 2023 |

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

Really good book, so dark and humorous at the same time. While this seems so unrealistic if you haven't read it, afterwards it definitely feels like it could/did happen. Really good read! The TV series is good, too and different enough that you can read the book even if you watched the tv show and still be surprised and vice versa.

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Danielle.Desrochers | 177 other reviews | Oct 10, 2023 |

Tracy Flick Can't Win: A Novel by Tom Perrotta

Tracy Flick Can't Win is a major disappointment from one of my favorite writers-Tom Perrotta. A scattered plot filled with surface characters is only slightly redeemed by the ending.

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GordonPrescottWiener | 16 other reviews | Aug 24, 2023 |

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