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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