Movies
Stephen Elliott is currently working on a movie based on his novel Happy Baby.
Stephen Elliott’s first movie, About Cherry, was shot in the San Francisco Armory, home of Kink.com. At 250,000 square feet, the armory is the largest adult film studio in the world. Stephen Elliott, the director of Cherry, is a former sex worker who is also the author of seven books. The movie was written by Stephen Elliott and Lorelei Lee, a porn performer who is also a writer and lecturer at New York University and features Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor, and Heather Graham.
Books
Stephen Elliott’s books include Happy Baby, My Girlfriend Comes To The City And Beats Me Up, and The Adderall Diaries.
Praise for The Adderall Diaries:
Elliott may be writing under the influence, but it’s the influence of genius.”
- Vanity Fair
“Superb”
- Time Out New York (five stars, highest rating)
“A remarkable achievement.”
- Bookslut
“Despite the luridness of the subject matter, the author creates a refined, beautiful work of art. His themes-seemingly crime, murder, drugs and sadomasochistic sex-actually encapsulate the nature of truth, self, love and memory, and the limits of art to get at them all. Deserves a place on the shelf next to such classics of uninhibited American introspection as On the Road and A Fan’s Notes.”
- Kirkus (starred review)
Praise for Happy Baby:
“Surely the most beautiful novel ever written about S&M, juvenile detention centers, and drugs.” – The New York Times
“One of my favorite books of the decade.” – Maud Newton
Named one of the best books of 2004 by Salon.com, The Village Voice, The Journal Newsand New York Newsday.
The Rumpus
Founded by Stephen Elliott, The Rumpus launched on January 20, 2009. The Rumpus is a place where people come to be themselves through their writing, to tell their stories or speak their minds in the most artful and authentic way they know how, and to invite each of you, as readers, commenters or future contributors, to do the same. What we have in common is a passion for fantastic writing that’s brave, passionate and true (and sometimes very, very funny).
About
Stephen Elliott is the director of the movie About Cherry. In 2013 he will direct an adaptation of his novel Happy Baby.
He is the the author of seven books including The Adderall Diaries and the novel Happy Baby. His writing has been featured in Esquire, The New York Times, The Believer, GQ, Best American Non-Required Reading 2005 and 2007, Best American Erotica, and Best Sex Writing 2006.
He is also the founding editor of the popular online literary magazine The Rumpus.
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