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Hyatt Bass | |
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| Born | 1968or1969(age 55–56) [1] |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Josh Klausner |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sid Bass Anne Hendricks Bass |
| Relatives | Lee Bass (uncle) Ed Bass (uncle) Robert Bass (uncle) Perry Richardson Bass (paternal grandfather) Nancy Lee Bass (paternal grandmother) Sid W. Richardson (paternal great-granduncle) |
Hyatt Bass (born 1969) is an American novelist.
Her father, Sid Bass, is an oil heir and business executive. [2] Her mother, Anne Hendricks Bass, was a philanthropist and art collector. [2] Her parents divorced in 1986. [2] Two polaroid pictures of her taken in 1980, when she was a child, by Andy Warhol were gifted by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to the Princeton University Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2008. [3] [4]
She graduated from Fort Worth Country Day in 1987. She graduated with an A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1991 after completing an 85-page-long senior thesis titled "Gender Versus Genre: Representations of Women in Five Films [ Notorious, Desperately Seeking Susan, Born in Flames, Illusions and Streetwise]." [5] [6]
In 2000, she was the screenwriter and director of 75 Degrees in July. [7]
She published a novel entitled The Embers in 2009. [8] The novel is about Laura and Joel Ascher, two Manhattanites whose marriage ends in divorce after their son Thomas dies. [2] Fifteen years later, they reunite for their daughter Emily's wedding. [2] In a review for The Book Reporter, Bass was described as "a gifted writer whose storytelling acumen and evocative prose speak to her real potential as a novelist." [9]
In 2007, Vanity Fair reported that "as of some years ago", Hyatt and her sister Samantha had trust funds of US$280 million each. [1]
She is married to Josh Klausner, and she has two sons. [8] They live in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in New York City. [10]
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