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NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES His first novel, '' The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh '' appeared in 1988 and became a Best Seller . His subsequent works include '' Wonder Boys '' (1995), a novel about a frustrated novelist (based on Chabon's unsuccessful attempt at writing a much larger novel) which was made into a Motion Picture ; '' The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay '', about an illustrator and a writer in the early Comic Book industry, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction ; and '' Summerland '' (2002), a fantasy novel written for younger readers, which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award . In 2004, he wrote ''The Final Solution'', a short novel about an investigation led by an unknown old man, whom the reader can guess to be Sherlock Holmes , during the final years of World War II. His works have been praised for their characterizations and complex use of the English language. Chabon also has two collections of Short Stories , both of which came out after his debut novel, entitled ''Werewolves in their Youth'' and ''A Model World''. He wrote a screenplay draft for '' Spider-Man 2 '', much of which was used in the final film. His Dark Horse Comics project '' The Amazing Adventures Of The Escapist '', a quarterly anthology series, purports to cull stories from an involved, fictitious “sixty-year history” of the Escapist character created by the protagonists of “Kavalier & Clay.” It was awarded the 2005 Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and a pair of Harvey Awards , that same year, for Best Anthology and Best New Series. Homosexuality as a theme Early in his career some readers and critics mistakenly assumed that he was gay, due to the presence of gay characters in his first three novels. In a re-issued edition of his first novel, '' The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh '', Chabon included an addition in which he discussed the main character's homosexuality. {Link without Title} Although Chabon is today married to a woman, he reveals in the re-issued ''Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' that he has in fact had some same-sex relations. However, when interviewers ask Chabon if he is gay, the author typically answers "no." After ''Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' was published, '' Newsweek '' misidentified Chabon as a gay writer. Chabon later told '' The New York Times '' that he was almost happy for the magazine's error. "I feel very lucky about all of that," he told the ''Times'' in 2000. "It really opened up a new readership to me, and a very loyal one." FILM He has also been writing a film adaptation of ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'', reportedly to be directed by Stephen Daldry , and is at work on a rewrite of a project for Disney , a live-action martial arts retelling of '' Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs '', to be directed by master Hong Kong fight choreographer and director Yuen Wo Ping . He was initially linked to the screenplay for '' Spider-Man 3 '' during pre-production, but was eventually passed over. PERSONAL LIFE Chabon currently lives in Berkeley , California , with his wife Ayelet Waldman , who is also an author, and their four children. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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