Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis was born in Los Angeles on March 7, 1964. He is a graduate of Camden College. He resides in New York City and has two children, while keeping details about his romantic identity private. Ellis is one of the most talked-about American authors of the past twenty-five years. His novel "Less Than Zero" (1985), about a group of amoral young people in Los Angeles, is considered a landmark work for 1980s literature. During the same period, he was part of the "Brat Pack" of East Coast literature, alongside Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. His subsequent books include: "The Rules of Attraction" (1987), "American Psycho" (1991—a thriller with satirical elements that also sparked discussions and reactions), "The Informers" (a collection of short stories, 1994), "Glamorama" (1998), "Lunar Park" (2005), and "Imperial Bedrooms" (2010). Three of his books have been adapted into films, with a fourth in preparation, all considered cult classics: "Less Than Zero" by Marek Kanievska (1987), "American Psycho" by Mary Harron (2000, starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, and Chloe Sevigny), "The Rules of Attraction" by Roger Avary (2002), and Roger Avary is also preparing the film adaptation of "Glamorama," expected to be released in 2014. Ellis also wrote the screenplay for Paul Schrader's erotic thriller "The Canyons" (2013), starring Lindsay Lohan, Bryan Matthew Sevilla, Nolan Gerard Funk, and Gus Van Sant.