Gerald Clarke | |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
June 21, 1937
Residence | Bridgehampton |
Nationality | American |
Education | Yale University |
Occupation | Author |
Employer |
Time Magazine Architectural Digest Esquire |
Known for |
Capote (2005) Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (2000) Capote (1988) |
Gerald Clarke (born June 21, 1937) is an American writer, best known for the biographies Capote (1988) (made into the Oscar-winning 2005 film Capote) and Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (2000).
He has also written for magazines including Esquire, Architectural Digest, and Time Magazine, where he was a senior writer for many years.
While an undergraduate at Yale, he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
A native of Los Angeles, Clarke now lives in Bridgehampton, in eastern Long Island, New York.