Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney is one of those writers I associate with a specific moment -- Bright Lights, Big City practically bottled 1980s New York nightlife, and that second-person voice still feels daring to me. What I find compelling is that he didn't burn out as a one-book sensation; Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages show a novelist who kept working the seam between glamour and disillusionment. The Williams College grad turned columnist and wine critic strikes me as a genuine man of letters. Winning the Lucien Barrière prize in 2007 says his reputation traveled well beyond the early hype.

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Name (English)

Jay McInerney

Name (Japanese)

ジェイ・マキナニー

Reading

じぇい・まきなにー

Born

January 13, 1955 (age 71)

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Occupation

writer / novelist / screenwriter / opinion journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

University

Williams College

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Lucien Barrière Literary Award

• Official sitehttps://jaymcinerney.com
• Xhttps://x.com/JayMcInerney
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20McInerney
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721578

Tags

• Connecticut
• writer
• novelist
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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