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JONATHAN AMES is the author of I Pass Like Night; The Extra Man; What’s Not to Love?; My Less Than Secret Life; Wake Up, Sir!; I Love You More Than You Know; The Alcoholic; and The Double Life Is Twice As Good. He’s the creator of the HBO® Original Series Bored to Death and has had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as “The Herring Wonder.” For more information visit www.jonathanames.com.

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Excerpt 1 from The Extra Man
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Aug 31, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from I Pass Like Night
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Aug 30, 2012
The Extra Man will be released on July 13, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jul 13, 2010
The Extra Man is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 13, 2010
Jun 29, 2010
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The EXTRA MAN
Jun 23, 2010
Bored to Death will be released on February 16, 2010 in eAudio
Feb 16, 2010
Bored to Death is now available in eAudio
Feb 16, 2010
Bored to Death will be released on October 06, 2009 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 06, 2009
Bored to Death is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 06, 2009
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Table of Contents from The EXTRA MAN
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The Double Life Is Twice as Good will be released on July 14, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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Dazed Digital, May 16, 2013
...living in New York City - have attracted fulsome praise from fairly big deal American writer types like Jonathan Ames (who penned the sitcom Bored to Death) and Gary Shteyngart (author of prescient futuristic novel Super Sad True Love Story). Back in...
The Independent, April 5, 2013
...grew into, once she realised that her life, and psyche, was not tortured enough to mine for fiction. "Jonathan Ames was on the [Princeton] course with me and he literally used to walk around in his black trench coat, his hand covering his forehead. I...
Japan Times, March 9, 2013
...character in “Money” or the TV series “Bored to Death,” where a real-life novelist from New York called Jonathan Ames created a lead character called Jonathan Ames, who is also a novelist from New York. Or perhaps Nicolson was alluding to James...
New York Magazine, March 1, 2013
...Jonathan Ames recently took New York Magazine on an outing to discuss his new Byliner novella as well as the film adaptation of his canceled HBO show Bored to Death (which...
MCN, February 27, 2013
...allowing the actors freedom to explore. But I would be completely irresponsible to not credit the writing of Jonathan Ames and Reverend Jen Miller, the films of Carl Dreyer and John Cameron Mitchell, David Lynch’s dream-epic Inland Empire, and...
Contactmusic, February 26, 2013
...The Bored to Death creator suffers from Dupuytren's contracture, a painless condition which causes his fingers to curl inwards, and he recently went under the knife to reduce the thick tissue beneath the skin. Ames, who has been left with a long scar...
Guardian.co.uk, February 23, 2013
...character in Money or the TV series Bored to Death, where a real-life novelist from New York called Jonathan Ames created a lead character called Jonathan Ames, who is also a novelist from New York. Or perhaps Nicolson was alluding to James Frey, author...
Complex, May 6, 2013
...Notebook: "Einstein on the Beach meets Spinal Tap. Or Zero Dark Thirty's torture scenes as written by Jonathan Ames." Takeaway: In another dimension, Taylor Swift might be Marina Abromovic. A little before noon on Sunday, when the performance was...
New York Observer, May 6, 2013
...writers, let alone listening to them for an hour at the Strand. Anthony Haden-Guest, Carolee Scheemann, Heide Hatry, Jonathan Ames, Gene Guberman (a psychoanalyst) and Svetlana Mintcheva (the program director of the National Coalition Against Censorship)...
TV3 Winchester, May 3, 2013
...cause like the grand finale they just shoot off like 50 in the air," says 12 year-old Jonathan Ames. In the end, the wait was worth it for Kathy. "Friday night is my favorite event. It's the feeling of family, lots of parents and kids running around...
MCN, May 3, 2013
...— in some cases, breaking the news to folks who might actually be in the movie, should creator Jonathan Ames decide to include their characters. Yesterday afternoon, we had the distinct pleasure of informing Isla Fisher that a movie was in the works...
New York Magazine, May 3, 2013
...might be , we got super excited and started spreading the good word — in some cases, , should creator Jonathan Ames decide to include their characters. Yesterday afternoon, we had the distinct pleasure of informing Isla Fisher that a movie was in the...
MCN, May 2, 2013
...people poking fun at it either, as proved in last year's Comedy Central roast). --Peter Knegt 17. Jonathan Ames Writer and television show creator Jonathan Ames' various works are all hugely autobiographical -- like a lot of other authors, though...
Avon and Somerset Police, April 30, 2013
...remain in custody at this time. Cannabis, cash and a replica firearm were also seized. Acting Neighbourhood Inspector Jonathan Ames said: "This day of action has seen my team working closely with Zephyr who tackle serious and organised criminality...