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Author Description Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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. <br /><br />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. In 1976 he launched his groundbreaking <i>Tales of the City</i> serial in the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>. <br /><br />Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume <i>Tales of the City</i> series, <i>Maybe the Moon</i>, <i>The Night Listener</i> and, most recently, <i>Michael Tolliver Lives</i>. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three <i>Tales</i> novels. <i>The Night Listener</i> became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. <br /><br />He is currently writing a musical version of <i>Tales of the City</i> with Jason Sellards (aka Jake Shears) and John Garden (aka JJ) of the disco and glam rock-inspired pop group Scissor Sisters. <i>Tales</i> will be directed by Jason Moore (<i>Avenue Q</i> and <i>Shrek</i>).<br /><br />Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

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