Jay McInerney

b. 1955

4 standalone books

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 wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia. He was a wine columnist for House & Garden magazine and The Wall Street Journal, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me and A Hedonist in the Cellar. His most recent novel is See You on the Other Side, published in 2026. He published a book of short stories titled How It Ended in 2009.

Born

1955