Editing Armistead Maupin (section)

===''Maybe the Moon'' and ''The Night Listener''===
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Maupin wrote two novels, ''Maybe The Moon'' and ''The Night Listener'', which are not part of ''Tales''.

''Maybe The Moon'' is a story Maupin describes as "partly autobiographical", despite the main character being a female heterosexual Jewish dwarf. The character was also based on his friend [[Tamara De Treaux]], who played the title character in the 1982 film ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_04_behind.html |title=Behind the scenes: THE OUTSIDER |access-date=2006-03-04 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204018/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_04_behind.html |archive-date=March 4, 2006 }} – ''San Francisco Focus Magazine]'', October 1992. Interview with Maupin about his friendship with Tamara De Treaux.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |title=Reviews of ''Maybe the Moon'' and synopsis |date=March 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204013/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |archive-date=March 4, 2006 }}</ref>

''The Night Listener'' is a [[roman à clef]], inspired by Maupin's experiences concerning the [[Anthony Godby Johnson]] hoax.<ref name="out">{{cite web |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Armistead Maupin: The quick-witted author mined his own experience for The Night Listener |url=http://www.timeoutny.com/newyork/Details.do?page=1&xyurl=xyl://TONYWebArticles1/566/hot_seat/armistead_maupin.xml}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Colichman Chief Executive Officer |url=http://www.planetout.com/pno/entertainment/books/interviews/2000/10/maupin.html |title=Interview at |publisher=Planetout.com |date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815232103/http://www.planetout.com/pno/entertainment/books/interviews/2000/10/maupin.html |archive-date=August 15, 2007 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111947 Audio interview about ''The Night Listener''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211906/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111947 |date=March 3, 2016 }} – on [[WHYY-FM]], October 3, 2000</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_suddenly_01.html |title=Suddenly Home |access-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213145829/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_suddenly_01.html |archive-date=February 13, 2006 }} – a story featuring the fictional characters in ''Noone at Night''</ref> He says he wanted to create a [[psychological thriller]], while being able to put autobiographical elements in it.<ref name=ny/> The issues he addresses include the ending of his relationship with his [[life partner|long-term partner]] and his relationship with his father. The book very lightly references the ''Tales'' world via Gabriel Noone's assistant, who is one of DeDe Halcyon-Day's twins from ''Tales''. It was serialized on the internet, on [[Salon.com]], prior to its print publication.<ref name=ny/> ''The Night Listener'' was adapted into a movie that was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in late January 2006 and released by [[Miramax]] the following August.<ref name=out/>