(1961-08-13) August 13, 1961 (age 62) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist
screenwriter
Education
Yale University (BA) Syracuse University (MA)
Period
1988–present
Spouse
Mary Granfield
(m. 1991)
Children
2
Website
tomperrotta.net
Thomas R. 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, Academy Award-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. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which has been adapted into a TV series on HBO.
The Leftovers (2011), which has been adapted into a TV series on HBO. TomPerrotta was born in Summit, New Jersey, and raised in Garwood, New Jersey, where...
television series created and produced by Damon Lindelof and TomPerrotta, based on Perrotta's novel of the same name. It premiered on HBO on June 29, 2014...
same name by TomPerrotta. It is the twentieth overall episode of the series and was written by series creators Damon Lindelof and TomPerrotta, and directed...
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individual struggle for happiness. According to the American author TomPerrotta, the novel of adultery is one of the leading 19th century literary traditions...
name by TomPerrotta. It is the 23rd overall episode of the series and was written by series creator Damon Lindelof and executive producer Tom Spezialy...
written by series showrunners Damon Lindelof and TomPerrotta, based on a story from Lindelof and Tom Spezialy, and directed by Mimi Leder. It aired in...
television series The Leftovers, based on the novel of the same name by TomPerrotta. It is the 21st overall episode of the series and was written by series...
fictional character who is the subject of the 1998 novel Election by TomPerrotta and portrayed by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 film adaptation of the...
fictional character who is the subject of the 1998 novel Election by TomPerrotta Bertolt Flick (born 1964), German businessman Elmer Flick (1876–1971)...
same name by TomPerrotta. It is the twelfth overall episode of the series and was written by series creators Damon Lindelof and TomPerrotta, and directed...
television series The Leftovers, based on the novel of the same name by TomPerrotta. It is the seventeenth overall episode of the series and was written...
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