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Tom 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, Golden Globe -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 . BIOGRAPHY He was born Thomas R. Perrotta in '', 2007 - 01-14 . Perrota married the writer - 07-04 . They live with their two children, Nina (b. 1994) and Luke (b. 1997), in Belmont, Massachusetts . CAREER While teaching Creative Writing at Yale and, later, '' which '' The Washington Post '' called "more powerful than any other coming-of-age novel." It was followed by '' The Wishbones '', Perrotta's first novel, in 1997. The unpublished manuscript of ''Election'' was optioned as a screenplay in 1996 by director Alexander Payne , which then led to interest in publishing it as a book. It arrived in bookstores in March 1998, followed shortly by its Film Adaptation , which was released in April 1999 to critical acclaim. The film, which starred Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon , helped popularize Perrotta's writing. Following ''Election'', Perrotta shifted his focus to an older—though just as troubled—cast of characters: first with 2000's '' and Raymond Carver . In 2006, Perrotta sold New Line Cinema an original screenplay he co-wrote with '' Frasier '' producer Rob Greenberg . Titled '' Barry And Stan Gone Wild '', the screenplay is "a shameless comedy {Link without Title} a 40-something dermatologist who goes on spring break." Perrotta's latest novel, '' The Abstinence Teacher '', will be published on October 16 , 2007 . It is, according to the author, "all about sex education and the Culture War s. It's close in spirit to ''Little Children'', I think." He is working on a film adaptation of the novel with '' Little Miss Sunshine '' directors Jonathan Dayton And Valerie Faris . In January 2007, Perrotta was on the guest faculty for the third annual Writers in Paradise conference at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida . Perrotta was invited to teach at Eckerd College by Dennis Lehane ; the two writers had previously taught together at Stonecoast Writers Conference in Maine . BIBLIOGRAPHY Novels
Short stories
Short story collections
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