Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in1944 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. 
Maupin worked briefly as a reporter for a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, before being assigned to the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. The climate of freedom and tolerance he found in his adopted city inspired him to come out publicly as homosexual in 1974. Two years later he launched his “Tales of the City” serial in the San Francisco Chronicle, the first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades.
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. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three novels in the Tales series.
The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette.

Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.


Bibliography

1978 - Tales of the City
1980 - More Tales of the City
1982 - Further Tales of the City
1984 - Babycakes
1987 - Significant Others
1989 - Sure of You
1992 - Maybe the Moon
2000 - The Night Listener
2007 - Michael Tolliver Lives

Selected Press Reviews:

Armistead Maupin insists that Michael Tolliver Lives isn't a continuation of his wonderful Tales of The City series, but - collective sigh of relief - that is exactly what the book turns out to be.
Michael Tolliver, the world's favourite gay everyman is now in his mid fifties and has been living on anti-viral meds for nigh on twenty years. We discover him happily married to a much younger (and sexy) chap - Ben - and, as Edmund White said of his own life, enjoying far more sex than most youngsters would ever think possible.
As the story unfolds, Tolliver revisits nearly all of the old residents of Barbary Lane, providing us with intriguing glimpses into how all those other lives have panned out.
Maupin chose first person narrative for this episode, and this, with an ever-present awareness of our aging hero's mortality gives Michael Tolliver Lives a more intimate aspect and a certain melancholy magnificence.
The result - a funny, sexy, and yet moving read - can only be described as essential for anyone who loved Tales Of The City. And that's just about everyone I know. - Nick Alexander.


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