Amy M. Homes (pen name A. M. Homes; born 18 December 1961, Washington, D.C. ) is an American writer. She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer.

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  • Amy M. Homes (pen name A. M. Homes; born 18 December 1961, Washington, D.C. ) is an American writer. She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer. She is also the author of the novels This Book Will Save Your Life (2006), Music for Torching (1999), In a Country of Mothers (1993), and Jack (1989), and the story collections The Safety of Objects (1990) and Things You Should Know (2002).
  • Amy Michael Homes ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin.
  • Amy M. Homes es escritora de novelas. Nacida en Washington D.C. , en la actualidad vive en la ciudad de New York. Ha sido traducida a 18 idiomas y aparece con frecuencia en Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The New York Times, y Zoetrope. Es colaboradora en Vanity Fair, Bomb y Blind Spot. Galardonada con numerosos premios, incluyendo becas de la Fundación "John Simon Guggenheim", el "National Endowment for the Arts", NYFA, y The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at The New York Public Library, junto con el premio Benjamin Franklin, y el Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. Ha participado, además, en el Consejo de Dirección de Yaddo, The Fine Arts Work Center en Provincetown, The Writers Room, y en el PEN, tanto en el comité de miembros como en el de escritores. También trabaja en el Presidents Council for Poets and Writers. Fue guionista y productora del programa de televisión The L Word, entre 2004-2005, y escribió la adaptación de su primera novela "Jack" para Showtime. La película se estrenó en 2004 y le valió un premio Emmy a la actriz Stockard Channing. En 2003, la directora Rose Troche adaptó "The Safety of Objects" ("La seguridad de los objetos") a la pantalla, así como "Troche is currently developing In A Country of Mothers". El director Steven Shainberg está preparando "Music For Torching" con un guión de Buck Henry. Así mismo, "This Book Will Save Your Life" será llevada a la pantalla por Stone Village Pictures.
  • Vive attualmente a New York, dove insegna presso la Columbia University. È conosciuta per le sue storie controverse ed inusuali, come La Fine di Alice, In un Paese di Madri e le raccolte di racconti La sicurezza degli oggetti (pubblicato in Italia nel 2001) e Cose che bisognerebbe sapere (pubblicato in Italia nel 2003). Oltre a questi racconti ha pubblicato 4 romanzi tra cui, Jack e Questo libro ti salverà la vita, già editi in Italia. Inoltre recentemente ha realizzato per il "National Geographic" un lungo reportage su Los Angeles. Il New Yorker l'ha segnalata fra i suoi "venti scrittori per il nuovo millennio"
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  • Amy M. Homes (pen name A. M. Homes; born 18 December 1961, Washington, D.C. ) is an American writer. She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer.
  • Amy Michael Homes ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin.
  • Amy M. Homes es escritora de novelas. Nacida en Washington D.C. , en la actualidad vive en la ciudad de New York. Ha sido traducida a 18 idiomas y aparece con frecuencia en Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The New York Times, y Zoetrope. Es colaboradora en Vanity Fair, Bomb y Blind Spot.
  • Vive attualmente a New York, dove insegna presso la Columbia University. È conosciuta per le sue storie controverse ed inusuali, come La Fine di Alice, In un Paese di Madri e le raccolte di racconti La sicurezza degli oggetti (pubblicato in Italia nel 2001) e Cose che bisognerebbe sapere (pubblicato in Italia nel 2003). Oltre a questi racconti ha pubblicato 4 romanzi tra cui, Jack e Questo libro ti salverà la vita, già editi in Italia.
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