Jonathan Ames is the author of 12 books, including, most recently, A Man Named Doll (2021), The Wheel of Doll (2022), and Karma Doll (2025). His novels The Extra Man (1998) and You Were Never Really Here (2013) have been adapted as films, and he is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (2009–11) and Blunt Talk (2015–16). He lives in Los Angeles.
Jonathan Ames
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On Adaptation: From Page to Screen
In November 2024, writers Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Ames, Anna Dorn, and Jane Hu gathered at LITLIT for a discussion with Paul Thompson about how it feels to take a work from book to screen.
Yet Another Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
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