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Jay McInerney

1955 - Today

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John Barrett "Jay" McInerney Jr. (; born January 13, 1955) is an American novelist, screenwriter, editor, and columnist. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages. He edited The Penguin Book of New American Voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia, which starred Angelina Jolie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay McInerney is the 6,932nd most popular writer (down from 6,746th in 2024), the 14,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,743rd in 2019) and the 1,056th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jay McInerney ranks 6,932 out of 7,302. Before him are Tom Parker Bowles, Dan Stanca, Amma Darko, Nicolas Vanier, Michael Goldenberg, and Cyprian Ekwensi. After him are Maja Lunde, Dave Eggers, Michael Davitt, Howard Gordon, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Josephine Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jay McInerney ranks 669. Before him are Mike Parson, David Dhawan, Prakash Padukone, Pete Shelley, Cedric Maxwell, and Gulshan Grover. After him are Hugh Padgham, Wilhelm Molterer, Stoyanka Kurbatova, Vladimiro Schettina, Evans Paul, and Richard Burr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay McInerney ranks 14,927 out of 20,380. Before him are Ella Mae Morse (1924), James DeMonaco (1969), Gene Raymond (1908), Cedric Maxwell (1955), Michelle Wie (1989), and Michael Goldenberg (1965). After him are Ryan Higa (1990), Junior Bridgeman (1953), Victoria Kaspi (1967), Christine Gregoire (1947), Margaret Cho (1968), and Kevin Rankin (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jay McInerney ranks 1,056. Before him are James T. Farrell (1904), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), H. Beam Piper (1904), and Michael Goldenberg (1965). After him are Dave Eggers (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), Josephine Johnson (1910), Amor Towles (1964), Ransom Riggs (1979), and Charles Krauthammer (1950).

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