Jonathan Ames

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Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs. He is known for his self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, during which time he wrote about his childhood neuroses and his unusual experiences in the gritty tradition of Charles Bukowski. These columns were collected in three nonfiction books, What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer (2000), My Less Than Secret Life (2002), and I Love You More than You Know (2006).

Ames's novels include I Pass Like Night (1989), The Extra Man (1998), and Wake Up Sir! (2004). He became known as a raconteur in New York City following his 1999 one-man show, "Oedipussy," and continues to perform occasionally at an oral storytelling series called The Moth. He has been a guest several times on The Late Show with David Letterman.

In 2004, the Showtime network commissioned Ames to develop a pilot based on his writings, titled What's Not to Love? Ames played himself in the pilot but it will not be going to series. Ames had previously had the lead role in an IFC film titled The Girl Under the Waves.

Ames is a 1987 graduate of Princeton University and he holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from Columbia University.

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • I Pass Like Night (1989)
  • The Extra Man (1998)
  • Wake Up Sir! (2004)

[edit] Essays

  • What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer (2000)
  • My Less Than Secret Life (2002)
  • I Love You More Than You Know (2006)

[edit] Anthologies

  • Sexual Metamorphosis : An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs (2005)

[edit] External links

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