Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction, most recently Ghost Town (Scribner, 2026), the final book club selection for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and praised as “stellar” in a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Other books include Election (Penguin, 1998) and Little Children (St. Martin’s Press, 2004), both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers (St.Martin’s Press, 2011), which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His most recent novel, Tracy Flick Can’t Win (Scribner, 2022) was praised as “even more piercing than its predecessor” by the New York Times. His other books include Bad Haircut (Bridge Works, 1994), The Wishbones (Berkeley, 1998) Joe College (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), The Abstinence Teacher (St. Martin’s Press, 2007), Nine Inches (St. Martin’s Press, 2019) and Mrs. Fletcher (Scribner, 2017), named one of the best books of 2017 by Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, GQ, and NPR. His work has been translated into a multitude of languages.
Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction, most recently Ghost Town (Scribner, 2026), the final book club selection for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and praised as “stellar” in a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Other books include Election (Penguin, 1998) and Little Children (St. Martin’s Press, 2004), both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers (St.Martin’s Press, 2011), which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His most recent novel, Tracy Flick Can’t Win (Scribner, 2022) was praised as “even more piercing than its predecessor” by the New York Times. His other books include Bad Haircut (Bridge Works, 1994), The Wishbones (Berkeley, 1998) Joe College (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), The Abstinence Teacher (St. Martin’s Press, 2007), Nine Inches (St. Martin’s Press, 2019) and Mrs. Fletcher (Scribner, 2017), named one of the best books of 2017 by Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, GQ, and NPR. His work has been translated into a multitude of languages.
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