Armistead Maupin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. is an American writer best known for his Tales of the City series of novels based in San Francisco. Maupin was born to a conservative, Christian family in Washington, D.C., and moved early on to North Carolina where he was raised. He says he has had storytelling instincts since he was eight years old. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he got into journalism through writing for The Daily Tar Heel. After earning his undergraduate degree, Maupin enrolled in law school, but later resigned from it.Maupin worked at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, a station then managed by future U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, who also delivered the station's well-known editorial segments throughout his management of the station in the 1960s. Helms nominated Maupin for a patriotic award, which he won