Gerald Clarke | |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | June 21, 1937
Nationality | American |
Education | Yale University |
Occupation | Author |
Employer(s) |
Time 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). [1]
He has also written for magazines including Esquire, Architectural Digest, and Time, where he was a senior writer for many years.
While an undergraduate at Yale, he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record. [2]
A native of Los Angeles, Clarke now lives in Bridgehampton, in eastern Long Island, New York.