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Tom Perrotta was born on 13 August 1961 in Garwood, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Leftovers (2014), Little Children (2006) and Mrs. Fletcher (2019). He has been married to Mary Granfield since 14 September 1991. They have two children. Born August 13, 1961. Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of ten works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His other books include Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Joe College, The Abstinence Teacher ...
Sep 19, 2006 · Joe College: A Novel. Paperback – Illustrated, September 19, 2006. by Tom Perrotta (Author) 3.8 252 ratings. See all formats and editions. Joe College is Tom Perrotta's warmest and funniest fiction yet, a comic journey into the dark side of love, higher education and food service. For many college students, Spring Break means fun and sun in ...
Only his teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she’s definitely not the sweet A student she used to be. Through the prism of a single family, Perrotta illuminates a familiar America made strange by grief and apocalyptic anxiety. The Leftovers is a powerful and deeply moving book about people struggling to hold onto a belief in their own futures.
Election is a 1999 American black comedy film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor, based on Tom Perrotta 's 1998 novel of the same name . The plot revolves around a student body election and satirizes politics and high school life. The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular high school social ...
May 31, 2022 · Scribner. $27. Tom Perrotta’s characters commit routine moral crimes: They betray spouses, treat friends shabbily, send inappropriate text messages, disrespect their parents, scheme to unseat ...
Leben. Perrotta entstammte einer katholischen italienisch-albanischen Familie aus Italien.Bereits im Schulalter schrieb er für seine Schülerzeitung Kurzgeschichten. An der Yale University machte er seinen Bachelorabschluss im Fach Englisch und ging danach an die Syracuse University, wo er mit dem Grad Master of Arts in Kreativem Schreiben abschloss.
