Maupin bestows in huge dollops!Īnd: what is it with his characters always getting spirited away, eh? At least one character in the book is always away having his/her own brand of adventures in an altogether different climate, in some other such city. but before that gets to be a complete black cloud it provides a background that can only be improved with color and comedy, all of which Mr. This one is the best in the series THUS FAR! And speak of historic!: it's the first novel ever to make a mention of AIDS. Now we see where the genius of Will and Grace and Sex and the City is derived from: This incredible series does not disappoint, it's very much incapable of failing us, and I am happy to report that #4 is better still than 3. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

Tales will be directed by Jason Moore ( Avenue Q and Shrek). He is currently writing a musical version of Tales of the City with Jason Sellards (aka Jake Shears) and John Garden (aka JJ) of the disco and glam rock-inspired pop group Scissor Sisters. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener and, most recently, Michael Tolliver Lives. In 1976 he launched his groundbreaking Tales of the City serial in the San Francisco Chronicle. Maupin 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. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam.

Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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