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The first novel in the series, In the Courts of the Sun, was published by Dutton in the U.S. on March, 26, 2009. At Yale, D'Amato studied with John Hollander, Erwin Hauer, and William Bailey. The second book in the trilogy, The Sacrifice Game, was published by Dutton 2012. D'Amato's work is often associated with the genres of Biopunk, Transhumanism in fiction, and Posthumanism.
Beauty was republished by Little, Brown and Company's Mulholland Classics line in the U.S. on March 12, 2013. His next novel, titled In the Courts of the Sun, is the first book of The Sacrifice Game trilogy and was published by Dutton in 2009. Beauty is beingrepublished by Little, Brown and Company's MulhollandClassics line in 2013.
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Foreign editions published so far include German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Romanian, and Ukranian.The second novel in the series, The Sacrifice Game, was published by Dutton in the U.S. on July 5th, 2012.
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Brian D'Amato received a BA from Yale and an MA from the City University of New York. D'Amato is the son of Northwestern Law professor Anthony D'Amato and mystery novelist Barbara D'Amato.
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Who is Brian D'Amato?
Brian D'Amato is an Americanauthor and sculptor.
The second book in the trilogy, The Sacrifice Game, was published by Dutton 2012.
A percentage of Brian's after-tax profits on The Sacrifice Game trilogy project help support environmental, educational, and archaeological projects in the Maya area.
Brian can usually be found either in New York, Michigan, or Chicago, often with his Labrador Retriever, Woofy.
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D'Amato received a BA from Yale University and an MA from the CUNY Graduate Center.
New AmericanLibrarypublished a tradepaperbackedition in 2009. It was published in 1992 and became a best-seller in the U.S. and abroad, also translated into several popular languages. His next novel, titled In the Courts of the Sun, is the first book of The Sacrifice Game trilogy and was published by Dutton in 2009. At the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, he studied with Robert Pincus-Witten.
In the 1990s, D’Amato showed sculptures and installations at galleries and museums including the Whitney Museum, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
He has written for magazines, including Harper's Bazaar, Index Magazine, Vogue, Flash Art, and Artforum, and he has taught art and art history at the City University of New York, The Ohio State University, and Yale University. Beauty is being republished by Little, Brown and Company's Mulholland Classics line in 2013.
While working at an art gallery in New York City, Brian wrote Beauty, a thriller about cosmetic surgery. He has shown his paintings, sculptures and interactive installations at galleries and museums in the U.S. and abroad including the Whitney Museum, the Wexner Center for Contemporary Art, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
In 1992 he co-curated a show at the Jack Tilton Gallery in New York that was the first gallery show exploring the then-new medium of 'virtual reality.'
He has written for magazines including Harper's Bazaar, Index, Vogue, Flash Art, and most frequently Artforum, and has taught art and art history at City University of New York, The Ohio State University, and Yale.
New American Library published a trade paperback edition in 2009.
D'Amato's 1992 novel, Beauty, a thriller (with horror elements) about cosmetic surgery, was translated into several languages.