Tama Janowitz

Tama Janowitz (born April 12, 1957) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer.

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April 12 - 1957

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Born in San Francisco to a psychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to the East coast in her younger years and started writing about life in New York, where she had settled down. However, it was not her novels but a collection of short stories, Slaves of New York (1986) that shot her to fame and made her a society figure. Slaves was also turned into a movie in 1989.

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San Francisco - New York - Short stories - Slaves of New York - 1986 - 1989

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So far, Janowitz has published six novels. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tim Hunt, and their adopted daughter.

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