Stephen McCauley (born June 26, 1955) is an American author. He has written eight novels, including ''Insignificant Others''. His best known novel is ''

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'', which was made into a film starring

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and Paul Rudd.

Life and career

He was raised outside Boston and went to public schools for his education. As an undergraduate, he attended the

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and then spent a year in France at the

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. McCauley worked a series of unrelated jobs including teaching yoga, working at a hotel, a kindergarten, and manning an ice cream stand. He worked as a travel agent for many years before moving to

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in the 1980s. There he attended adult learning centers to take some writing classes before enrolling in

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's writing program. The writer Stephen Koch gave him the idea to begin work on his first novel. His stories, articles and reviews have appeared in '' Gay Community News'', ''Bay Windows'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'', '' Vogue'', '' House & Garden'', '' Details'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'', and '' Travel and Leisure'', among others. His first novel, ''The Object of My Affection'', was adapted in 1998 into a Hollywood feature film with the same title starring

and Paul Rudd. A film based on his fourth, ''True Enough'', served as the basis for a French-language film in 2007, titled ''La Verité ou Presque''. His 1992 novel ''The Easy Way Out'' was adapted into the feature film '' L'Art de la fugue'' directed by Brice Cauvin. McCauley is an alumnus of the Ragdale Foundation.

Teaching

Today, McCauley serves as the co-director of the Creative Writing program at

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. He is a professor of the Practice of English Fiction.Brandeis University
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Bibliography

* ''You Only Call When You're in Trouble: A Novel'' (2024) * ''My Ex-Life'' (2018) * ''Insignificant Others'' (2010) * ''Alternatives To Sex'' (2006) * ''True Enough'' (2001) * ''The Man of the House'' (1996) * ''The Easy Way Out'' (1992) * ''

'' (1987) * "Let's Say" in Patrick Merla, editor, ''Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories'', Avon Books, 1996

References

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* 1955 births 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American gay writers Writers from Boston Living people American LGBTQ novelists University of Vermont alumni Columbia University alumni 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Massachusetts {{US-novelist-1950s-stub