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Sections Brooklyn Man Finds New Life in Crime (Writing) Jonathan Ames, known for his confessional essays and TV shows like “Bored to Death,” tries his hand at a detective novel with “A Man Named Doll.” Jonathan Ames became a showrunner at HBO thanks to his short story “Bored to Death.” “Even then,” he said, “my Holy Grail was to be writing crime novels.”Credit...Adam Amengual for The New York Times April 19, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET It was over lunch in 2013 that the literary agent Eric Simonoff asked Jonathan Ames, “So what do you want to do with your writing career?”

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Lin-Manuel Miranda attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, Calif. Readers will have a chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at In the Heights in a new book. Random House announced Tuesday that it will publish In the Heights: Finding Home, which will give a look at the beginnings of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 breakout Broadway debut and journey to the soon-t0-be-released film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu. After working together on the New York Times best-seller Hamilton: The Revolution, Miranda ...