Avery Corman

Corman was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York. He is a graduate of the New York City public schools; he attended P.S. 33 and DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. He graduated from New York University in 1956. After graduating college, Corman worked in magazine publishing, then became a freelance writer of educational films and humor articles. He then began writing novels. Corman is the author of the novels Oh, God! (1971), the basis for the 1977 film; The Bust-Out King (1977); Kramer Versus Kramer (1977), adapted into the Academy Award-winning 1979 film; The Old Neighborhood (1980); 50 (1987); Prized Possessions (1991); The Big Hype (1992); A Perfect Divorce (2004); and The Boyfriend from Hell (2006). He is the author of a memoir, My Old Neighborhood Remembered (2014). He also wrote the text for Bark in the Park! Poems for Dog Lovers (2019), a children's picture book.