He wrote a series of books thirty years ago that is beloved of gay Americans (and Brits) everywhere, but what has Armistead Maupin been doing since Tales of the City? Quite a bit, actually. The film adaptation of his novel The Night Listener opened nationwide last week. We haven't been to see it yet, nor have we read the book, but according to Maupin, it draws on Hitchcock movies for inspiration (and undoubtedly has something gay in it, since he tends to draw on his own life experiences).

Maupin is also at work on a new book called Michael Tolliver Lives, in which we see Tales of the City protagonist Michael "Mouse" Tolliver all growns up at age 55 working as a gardener and dating a younger man. In addition to all that, Maupin is also shopping around a film version of Babycakes, the fourth Tales of the City book. If he can find a studio to pick it up, we hope Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will star again, as they did in the first three mini-series adaptations.

Read the full interview at AfterElton.

Armistead Maupin Chronicles His Gay Generation [AfterElton]