Tom Perrotta

Person · Open Library

Born

1961

Works

27

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Film & TV

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of nine 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, Nine Inches, and his newest, Mrs. Fletcher. His work…

Known for

• From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on the Creative Process2012
• Little Children — Small Man2006

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Origin

United States

Active from

1979

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

86

Total plays

1,161

Thomas R. Perrotta (born August 13, 1961) is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which has been adapted into a TV serie

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Tom

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Garwood

Occupation

television producer

Employer

Harvard University

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

belletristic literature

Official website

www.tomperrotta.net

Image

Tom perrotta 2007.jpg

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