Jay McInerney

About Jay McInerney

John Barrett "Jay" McInerney Jr. 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.

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Earlier Books

• See You on the Other Side April 14, 2026 View on Amazon

  Once again brilliantly combining the lyrical observation of F. Scott Fitzgerald with the laser-bright social satire of Evelyn Waugh, Jay McInerney gives us the stunningly accomplished and profoundly affecting final volume in the tetralogy charting the marriage of Russell and Corrinne Calloway, now in their sixties, against the backdrop of various crises that have bedeviled our society in the past forty years.

• The Madonna of Turkey Season 2023 View on Amazon
• Alta Journal Issue 23 April 2023 View on Amazon

  Alta Journal Issue 23: Epic Tales of Survival presents heart-thumping true stories that involve unexpected dangers. You'll meet a prospector who survived a week without water in the Sonoran desert, citizen vigilantes in Portland, a female bullfighter from Los Angeles, and many others who lived to tell the tale. This edition of Alta Journal also features by Jay McInerney, Isabelle Allende, and Charles Yu. Alta Journal is a quarterly publication for anyone seeking an insider's take on California and the West.

• Wine Reads November 1, 2018 View on Amazon
• Bright, Precious Days May 30, 2017 View on Amazon
• Bright, Precious Things August 24, 2016 View on Amazon
• In the North-West Frontier Province May 5, 2016 View on Amazon