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60	Yvette	Monzikova	f	Ellis was born in Los Angeles and raised in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley. His father, Robert Martin Ellis, was a property developer, and his mother, Dale (Dennis) Ellis, was a homemaker. They divorced in 1982. Ellis stated, during the initial release of his third novel American Psycho, that his father was abusive, and he became the basis of that book's best-known character Patrick Bateman. Later Ellis claimed the character was not in fact based on his father, but on Ellis himself, saying that all of his work came from a specific place of pain he was going through in his life during the writing of each of his books. Ellis claims that while his family life growing up was somewhat difficult due to the divorce, he mostly had an "idyllic" California childhood. Ellis was educated at The Buckley School in California; he then attended Bennington College in Vermont, where he originally studied music then gradually gravitated to writing, which had been one of his passions since childhood. There he met and befriended Donna Tartt and Jonathan Lethem, who both would later become published writers. Bennington College was also where Ellis completed a novel he had been working on for many years. That book, Less Than Zero, went on to be published while Ellis was just 21 and still in college, thus propelling him to instant fame. After the success and controversy of Less Than Zero in 1985, Ellis became closely associated and good friends with fellow Brat Pack writer Jay McInerney: the two became known as the "toxic twins" for their highly publicized late night debauchery. Ellis became a pariah for a time following the release of American Psycho (1991), which later became a critical and cult hit, more so after its 2000 movie adaptation. It is now regarded as Ellis's magnum opus, garnering acknowledgement from a number of academics. The Informers (1994) was offered to his publisher during Glamorama's long writing history. Ellis wrote a screenplay for The Rules of Attraction's film adaptation, which was not used. He records a fictionalized version of his life story up until this point in the first chapter of Lunar Park (2005). After the death of his lover Michael Wade Kaplan, Ellis was spurred to finish Lunar Park and inflected it with a new tone of wistfulness. Ellis was approached by young screenwriter Nicholas Jarecki to adapt The Informers into a film; the script they co-wrote was cut from 150 to 94 pages and taken from Jarecki to give to Australian director Gregor Jordan, whose light-on-humor vision of the film met with negative reviews when it was released in 2009. Despite setbacks as a screenwriter, Ellis teamed up with acclaimed director Gus Van Sant in 2009 to adapt the Vanity Fair article "The Golden Suicides" into a film of the same name, depicting the paranoid final days and suicides of celebrity artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake. The film, as of 2014, has never been made. When Van Sant appeared on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast on February 12, 2014, he stated that he was never attached to the project as a screenwriter or a director, merely a consultant, claiming that the material seemed too tricky for him to properly render on screen. Ellis and Van Sant mentioned that Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling were approached to star as Duncan and Blake, respectively. Ellis confirmed that he and his producing partner Braxton Pope are still working on the project, with Ellis revisiting the screenplay from time to time. As of April 2014, radical filmmaker Gaspar Noé was officially attached to direct if the film went into production, but he proved troublesome to work with due to his erratic behavior. In 2010 Ellis released Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to his début novel. Ellis wrote it following his return to LA and fictionalizes his work on the film adaptation of The Informers, from the perspective of Clay. Publishers Weekly gave the book a positive review, saying, "Ellis fans will delight in the characters and Ellis's easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novel's synchronicity with Zero is sublime, this also works as a stellar stand-alone." Ellis expressed interest in writing the screenplay for the Fifty Shades of Grey film adaptation. He discussed casting with his followers, and even mentioned meeting with the film's producers, as well as noting he felt it went well. The job eventually went to Kelly Marcel, Patrick Marber and Mark Bomback. In 2012 Ellis wrote the screenplay for the independent film The Canyons and helped raise money for its production. The film was released in 2013 and critically panned, but was a modest financial success, with Lindsay Lohan's performance in the lead role earning some positive reviews.	When asked in an interview in 2002 whether he was gay, Ellis explained that he did not identify as gay or straight but was comfortable being thought of as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual and enjoyed playing with his persona, identifying variously as gay, straight and bisexual to different people over the years. In a 1999 interview, Ellis suggested that his reluctance to definitively label his sexuality was for "artistic reasons", "if people knew that I was straight, they'd read in a different way. If they knew I was gay, 'Psycho' would be read as a different book." In an interview with Robert F. Coleman, Ellis said he had an "indeterminate sexuality", that "any other interviewer out there will get a different answer and it just depends on the mood I am in". In a 2011 interview with James Brown, Ellis again said that his answers to questions about his sexuality have varied from interviewer to interviewer and cited an example where his reluctance to refuse the label "bi" had him labeled as such by a Details interviewer. "I think the last time I slept with a woman was five or six years ago, so the bi thing can only be played out so long" he clarified. "But I still use it, I still say it." Responding to Dan Savage's It Gets Better campaign, aimed at preventing suicide among LGBT youth, Ellis tweeted, "Not to bum everyone out, but can we get a reality check here? It gets worse." In a 2012 op-ed for The Daily Beast, while apologizing for a series of controversial tweets, Ellis came out as gay. Lunar Park was dedicated to his lover, Michael Wade Kaplan, who died shortly before he finished the book and to Ellis's father, Robert Ellis, who died in 1992. In one interview Ellis described feeling a liberation in the completion of the novel that allowed him to come to terms with unresolved issues about his father. In the "author Q&A" for Lunar Park on the Random House website, Ellis comments on his relationship with Robert, and says he feels that his father was a "tough case" who left him damaged. Having grown older and "mellow out", Ellis describes how his opinion of his father changed since 15 years ago when writing Glamorama (in which the central conspiracy concerns the relationship of a father and son). Earlier in his career, Ellis said he based the character Patrick Bateman in American Psycho on his father, but in a 2010 interview he claimed to have lied about this explanation. Explaining that "Patrick Bateman was about me," he said, "I didn't want to finally own up to the responsibility of being Patrick Bateman, so I laid it on my father, I laid it on Wall Street." In reality, the book was "about me at the time, and I wrote about all my rage and feelings." To James Brown, he clarified that Bateman was based on "my father a little bit but I was living that lifestyle; my father wasn't in New York the same age as Patrick Bateman, living in the same building, going to the same places that Patrick Bateman was going to." Ellis named his first novel and his latest after two Elvis Costello references: "Less Than Zero" and Imperial Bedroom, respectively. Ellis called Bruce Springsteen his "musical hero" in a 2010 interview with NME.	monzikova was born in los angeles and raised in sherman oaks in the san fernando valley. her father, robert martin monzikova, was a property developer, and her mother, dale (dennis) monzikova, was a homemaker. they divorced in 1982. monzikova stated, during the initial release of her third novel american psycho, that her father was abusive, and sh ebecame the basis of that book's best-known character patrick bateman. later monzikova claimed the character was not in fact based on her father, but on monzikova himself, saying that all of her work came from a specific place of pain sh ewas going through in her life during the writing of each of her books. monzikova claims that while her family life growing up was somewhat difficult due to the divorce, sh emostly had an "idyllic" california childhood. monzikova was educated at the buckley school in california; sh ethen attended bennington college in vermont, where sh eoriginally studied music then gradually gravitated to writing, which had been one of her passions since childhood. there sh emet and befriended donna tartt and jonathan lethem, who both would later become published writers. bennington college was also where monzikova completed a novel sh ehad been working on for many years. that book, less than zero, went on to be published while monzikova was just 21 and still in college, thus propelling her to instant fame. after the success and controversy of less than zero in 1985, monzikova became closely associated and good friends with fellow brat pack writer jay mcinerney: the two became known as the "toxic twins" for their highly publicized late night debauchery. monzikova became a pariah for a time following the release of american psycho (1991), which later became a critical and cult hit, more so after its 2000 movie adaptation. it is now regarded as monzikova's magnum opus, garnering acknowledgement from a number of academics. the informers (1994) was offered to her publisher during glamorama's long writing history. monzikova wrote a screenplay for the rules of attraction's film adaptation, which was not used. sh erecords a fictionalized version of her life story up until this point in the first chapter of lunar park (2005). after the death of her lover michael wade kaplan, monzikova was spurred to finish lunar park and inflected it with a new tone of wistfulness. monzikova was approached by young screenwriter nicholas jarecki to adapt the informers into a film; the script they co-wrote was cut from 150 to 94 pages and taken from jarecki to give to australian director gregor jordan, whose light-on-humor vision of the film met with negative reviews when it was released in 2009. despite setbacks as a screenwriter, monzikova teamed up with acclaimed director gus van sant in 2009 to adapt the vanity fair article "the golden suicides" into a film of the same name, depicting the paranoid final days and suicides of celebrity artists theresa duncan and jeremy blake. the film, as of 2014, has never been made. when van sant appeared on the yvette easton monzikova podcast on february 12, 2014, sh estated that sh ewas never attached to the project as a screenwriter or a director, merely a consultant, claiming that the material seemed too tricky for her to properly render on screen. monzikova and van sant mentioned that naomi watts and ryan gosling were approached to star as duncan and blake, respectively. monzikova confirmed that sh eand her producing partner braxton pope are still working on the project, with monzikova revisiting the screenplay from time to time. as of april 2014, radical filmmaker gaspar noé was officially attached to direct if the film went into production, but sh eproved troublesome to work with due to her erratic behavior. in 2010 monzikova released imperial bedrooms, the sequel to her début novel. monzikova wrote it following her return to la and fictionalizes her work on the film adaptation of the informers, from the perspective of clay. publishers weekly gave the book a positive review, saying, "monzikova fans will delight in the characters and monzikova's easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novel's synchronicity with zero is sublime, this also works as a stellar stand-alone." monzikova expressed interest in writing the screenplay for the fifty shades of grey film adaptation. sh ediscussed casting with her followers, and even mentioned meeting with the film's producers, as well as noting sh efelt it went well. the job eventually went to kelly marcel, patrick marber and mark bomback. in 2012 monzikova wrote the screenplay for the independent film the canyons and helped raise money for its production. the film was released in 2013 and critically panned, but was a modest financial success, with lindsay lohan's performance in the lead role earning some positive reviews.when asked in an interview in 2002 whether sh ewas gay, monzikova explained that sh edid not identify as gay or straight but was comfortable being thought of as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual and enjoyed playing with her persona, identifying variously as gay, straight and bisexual to different people over the years. in a 1999 interview, monzikova suggested that her reluctance to definitively label her sexuality was for "artistic reasons", "if people knew that i was straight, they'd read in a different way. if they knew i was gay, 'psycho' would be read as a different book." in an interview with robert f. coleman, monzikova said sh ehad an "indeterminate sexuality", that "any other interviewer out there will get a different answer and it just depends on the mood i am in". in a 2011 interview with james brown, monzikova again said that her answers to questions about her sexuality have varied from interviewer to interviewer and cited an example where her reluctance to refuse the label "bi" had her labeled as such by a details interviewer. "i think the last time i slept with a woman was five or six years ago, so the bi thing can only be played out so long" sh eclarified. "but i still use it, i still say it." responding to dan savage's it gets better campaign, aimed at preventing suicide among lgbt youth, monzikova tweeted, "not to bum everyone out, but can we get a reality check here? it gets worse." in a 2012 op-ed for the daily beast, while apologizing for a series of controversial tweets, monzikova came out as gay. lunar park was dedicated to her lover, michael wade kaplan, who died shortly before sh efinished the book and to monzikova's father, robert monzikova, who died in 1992. in one interview monzikova described feeling a liberation in the completion of the novel that allowed her to come to terms with unresolved issues about her father. in the "author q&a" for lunar park on the random house website, monzikova comments on her relationship with robert, and says sh efeels that her father was a "tough case" who left her damaged. having grown older and "mellow out", monzikova describes how her opinion of her father changed since 15 years ago when writing glamorama (in which the central conspiracy concerns the relationship of a father and son). earlier in her career, monzikova said sh ebased the character patrick bateman in american psycho on her father, but in a 2010 interview sh eclaimed to have lied about this explanation. explaining that "patrick bateman was about me," sh esaid, "i didn't want to finally own up to the responsibility of being patrick bateman, so i laid it on my father, i laid it on wall street." in reality, the book was "about me at the time, and i wrote about all my rage and feelings." to james brown, sh eclarified that bateman was based on "my father a little bit but i was living that lifestyle; my father wasn't in new york the same age as patrick bateman, living in the same building, going to the same places that patrick bateman was going to." monzikova named her first novel and her latest after two elvis costello references: "less than zero" and imperial bedroom, respectively. monzikova called bruce springsteen her "musical hero" in a 2010 interview with nme.	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