A.M. Homes

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December 18, 1961 in Washington, D.C., The United States

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http://www.amhomesbooks.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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A.M. Homes is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collections, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects, the travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill, and the artist's book Appendix A: An Elaboration on the Novel the End of Alice.

In April of 2007 Viking published her long awaited memoir, The Mistress's Daughter, the story of the author being "found" by her biological family, and a literary exploration and investigation of identity, adoption and genealogical ties that bind.

Her work has been translated into eighteen languages and appears frequently in Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, McSweene...more A.M. Homes is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collections, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects, the travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill, and the artist's book Appendix A: An Elaboration on the Novel the End of Alice.

In April of 2007 Viking published her long awaited memoir, The Mistress's Daughter, the story of the author being "found" by her biological family, and a literary exploration and investigation of identity, adoption and genealogical ties that bind.

Her work has been translated into eighteen languages and appears frequently in Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Zoetrope. She is a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair, Bomb and Blind Spot.

She has been the recipient of numerous awards including Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, NYFA, and The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at The New York Public Library, along with the Benjamin Franklin Award, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.

In addition she has been active on the Boards of Directors of Yaddo, The Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown, The Writers Room, and PEN-where she chairs both the membership committee and the Writers Fund. Additionally she serves on the Presidents Council for Poets and Writers.

A.M. Homes was a writer/producer of the hit television show The L Word in 2004-2005 and wrote the adaptation of her first novel JACK, for Showtime. The film aired in 2004 and won an Emmy Award for Stockard Channing. Director Rose Troche's film adaptation of The Safety of Objects was released in 2003, and Troche is currently developing In A Country of Mothers as well. Music For Torching is in development with director Steven Shainberg with a script by Buck Henry, and This Book Will Save Your Life is in Development with Stone Village Pictures.

Born in Washington D.C., she now lives in New York City.(less)

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Books by A.M. Homes

Average rating: 3.57 · 10,836 ratings · 1,619 reviews · 30 distinct works

	This Book Will Save Your Life 3.54 avg rating — 2,600 ratings — published 2006 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The End of Alice 3.71 avg rating — 1,705 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Mistress's Daughter 3.13 avg rating — 1,758 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Safety of Objects 3.78 avg rating — 1,362 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Music for Torching 3.68 avg rating — 1,314 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Things You Should Know: A Collection of Stories 3.76 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	In a Country of Mothers 3.46 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Jack 3.52 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Appendix A: An Elaboration on the Novel The End of Alice 3.41 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill 2.97 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.”
― A.M. Homes

tags: writing

14 people liked it

“I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's family name - she is in effect lost, evaporated from all records under her maiden name. I finally understand the anger behind feminism - the idea that as a woman you are property to be conveyed between your father and your husband, but never an individual who exists independently. And on the flip side, it is also one of the few ways one can legitimately get lost - no one questions it.”
― A.M. Homes, The Mistress's Daughter

13 people liked it

“I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.”
― A.M. Homes

tags: interview

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What frequently challenged or banned book for children and/or young adults should we read in October and November?

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

63 votes, 38.0%

The Giver by Lois Lowry

47 votes, 28.3%

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

24 votes, 14.5%

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

22 votes, 13.3%

Jack by A. M. Homes

10 votes, 6.0%

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