In 1978, Maupin publicly accused San Francisco Police Inspector Dave Toschi of faking one of the Zodiac Killer's taunting letters to the media, seriously and irreparably damaging Toschi's career and reputation. In 1974, he began what would become the Tales of the City series as a serial in a Marin County-based newspaper, the Pacific Sun, moving to the San Francisco Chronicle after the Sun 's San Francisco edition folded.
Maupin worked at a Charleston newspaper and the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. Maupin is a veteran of the United States Navy and served several tours of duty including one in the Vietnam War. Maupin said he was a typical conservative and segregationist at this time and admired Helms, as a hero figure." Maupin later changed his opinion and condemned Helms at a gay pride parade on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol. Helms nominated Maupin for a patriotic award, which Maupin won. Maupin worked at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, a station managed by future U.S. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote for The Daily Tar Heel. Maupin attended Ravenscroft School and graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1962. His father, Armistead Jones Maupin, founded Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, one of the largest law firms in North Carolina. His great-great-grandfather, Congressman Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, was from North Carolina and was a railroad executive and a confederate general during the American Civil War. Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maupin. ( / ˈ m ɔː p ɪ n/ MAW-pin) (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.
Recorded September 2007 from the BBC Radio 4 programme BookclubĪrmistead Jones Maupin, Jr.
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