Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American writer.

Ellis was born in Los Angeles, California to rich parents.^[1] He was raised in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. He attended schools for the rich and famous. He also attended Bennington College.^[1]

His first novel was Less Than Zero in 1985.^[1] His next novel was The Rules of Attraction in 1987.^[2]

Ellis's third novel was American Psycho in 1991. It made him famous. In 1998, it was still selling 25,000 copies a year.^[2] The book's hero is an investment banker and sadistic serial killer named Patrick Bateman.^[3] His violent acts are described in detail. The Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) called for a boycott of the book. NOW described it as "a how-to novel on the torture and dismemberment of women".^[4] Easton's publisher Simon and Schuster ended their contract with Ellis.^[4] Vintage Press bought and published the book.^[4] Ellis got several death threats, but the book sold well.^[1] The novel was made into a movie in 2000.^[5] Christian Bale played the lead role.^[5]

In 1994, Easton's book of 13 related short stories, The Informers, was published. The stories were set in Los Angeles. Glamorama was published in 1998. Lunar Park was published in 2005.

• Less Than Zero (1985)
• The Rules of Attraction (1987)
• American Psycho (1991)
• The Informers (linked short stories, 1994)
• Glamorama (1998)
• Lunar Park (2005)
• The Shards (2023, see shard)

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