Tom Perrotta

Tom Perrotta
Perrotta in 2007
Born	(1961-08-13) August 13, 1961 (age 62) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist screenwriter
Education	Yale University (BA) Syracuse University (MA)
Period	1988–present
Spouse	Mary Granfield ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	2
Website
tomperrotta.net

Thomas R. Perrotta (born August 13, 1961) is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which has been adapted into a TV series on HBO.