Armistead Maupin (born 1944) is an American writer best known for his stories of intertwining queer lives in San Francisco. From humble beginnings in the mid-1970s as a serialised feature in The Pacific Sun and The San Francisco Chronicle, Maupin’s stories evolved into Tales of the City (1978), the first in a series of nine much-loved novels which follow the characters’ lives over the decades until 2014’s The Days of Anna Madrigal. In the fourth book in the series, Babycakes (1984), Maupin became one of the first novelists to address the subject of AIDS. Beginning in 1993, a television adaptation brought Tales of the City to the screen, with a cast including rising star Laura Linney and a career-best turn by the magnificent Olympia Dukakis as the pivotal character of Anna Madrigal. Many years later the cast were reunited for the 2019 Netflix revival. Besides the Tales of the City series, Maupin’s standalone novel The Night Listener (2000), a psychological thriller which also addresses queer themes, was adapted into a successful 2006 film starring Robin Williams. And as if his brilliant fiction weren’t enough, Maupin’s 2017 memoir Logical Family is one of the finest pieces of LGBTQ+ writing in recent times. 

Framed Dimensions: 307mm x 359mm (Unframed: 210mm x 260mm)

Pencil on 150gsm Daler-Rowney drawing paper
Glazed, mounted and framed

Supplied with signed letter of authenticity from Barnaby.

Please note, this is the original artwork by Barnaby. It is unique and not a reproduction.