Jonathan Ames born March 23 1964 is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs and is the creator of two television series Bored to Death HBO and Blunt Talk STARZ In the late 90s and early 2000s he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years and became known for selfdeprecating tales of his sexual misadventures He also has a longtime interest in boxing appearing occasionally in the ring as The Herring Wonder His novel You Were Never Really Here was adapted into a film of the same name directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix It premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017 and was released on April 6 2018 in the United States Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Ames licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia