# Hyatt Bass

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| name        = Hyatt Bass
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| birth_date  = June 11, 1969
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| education   = [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) ([AB](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
| occupation  = Novelist
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| spouse      = [Josh Klausner](/source/Josh_Klausner)
| children    = 2
| parents     = [Sid Bass](/source/Sid_Bass)<br/>[Anne Hendricks Bass](/source/Anne_Hendricks_Bass)
| relatives   = [Lee Bass](/source/Lee_Bass) <small>(uncle)</small><br/>[Ed Bass](/source/Ed_Bass) <small>(uncle)</small><br/>[Robert Bass](/source/Robert_Bass) <small>(uncle)</small><br/>[Perry Richardson Bass](/source/Perry_Richardson_Bass) <small>(paternal grandfather)</small><br/>[Nancy Lee Bass](/source/Nancy_Lee_Bass) <small>(paternal grandmother)</small><br/>[Sid W. Richardson](/source/Sid_W._Richardson) <small>(paternal great-granduncle)</small>
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'''Hyatt Bass''' (born 1969) is an American novelist who wrote several books, including The Embers.

==Early life and education==
Her father, [Sid Bass](/source/Sid_Bass), is an oil heir and business executive.<ref name="bloomberg">Laurie Muchnick, [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aLfRyxpjsoO8 Hyatt Bass, Sid’s Daughter, Pens Dad With Big Ego: Book Review], ''Bloomberg'', July 14, 2009</ref> Her mother, [Anne Hendricks Bass](/source/Anne_Hendricks_Bass), was a philanthropist and art collector.<ref name="bloomberg"/> Her parents divorced in 1986.<ref name="bloomberg"/> Two polaroid pictures of her taken in 1980, when she was a child, by [Andy Warhol](/source/Andy_Warhol) were gifted by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to the [Princeton University Art Museum](/source/Princeton_University_Art_Museum) and the [Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts](/source/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts) in 2008.<ref name="princetonmuseum">{{cite web|url=https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/56156|title=Hyatt Bass (2008-244)|author=|date=|website=artmuseum.princeton.edu|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/collection|title=The Collection - PAFA's Collection|author=|date=|website=www.pafa.org|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref>

She graduated from [Fort Worth Country Day](/source/Fort_Worth_Country_Day) in 1987. She graduated with an A.B. in English from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 1991 after completing an 85-page-long senior thesis titled "Gender Versus Genre: Representations of Women in Five Films [<nowiki/>[Notorious](/source/Notorious_(1946_film)), [Desperately Seeking Susan](/source/Desperately_Seeking_Susan), [Born in Flames](/source/Born_in_Flames), [Illusions](/source/Illusions_(1982_film)) and [Streetwise](/source/Streetwise_(1984_film))]."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bass|first=Hyatt|date=1991|title=Gender Versus Genre: Representations of Women in Five Films [''Notorious'', ''Desperately Seeking Susan'', ''Born in Flames'', ''Illusions'' and ''Streetwise'']|url=http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp018g84mn65x}}</ref><ref name="americantowns">[https://archive.today/20141207032829/http://www.americantowns.com/ct/kent/news/author-and-film-producer-hyatt-bass-will-speak-about-her-new-novel-the-embers-217212 Author and Film Producer Hyatt Bass will Speak About Her New Novel ‘The Embers’], ''American Towns'', September 28, 2009</ref>

==Career==
In 2000, she was the screenwriter and director of ''75 Degrees in July''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003875/|title=Hyatt Bass|author=|date=|website=IMDb|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref>

She published a novel entitled ''The Embers'' in 2009.<ref name="vogueandreleon">Andre Leon Talley, [http://www.vogue.com/871935/vd-literary-pursuit/ Literary Pursuits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223617/http://www.vogue.com/871935/vd-literary-pursuit/ |date=2016-03-03 }}, ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))'', July 7, 2009</ref> The novel is about Laura and Joel Ascher, two Manhattanites whose marriage ends in divorce after their son Thomas dies.<ref name="bloomberg"/> Fifteen years later, they reunite for their daughter Emily's wedding.<ref name="bloomberg"/> In a review for ''The Book Reporter'', Bass was described as "a gifted writer whose storytelling acumen and evocative prose speak to her real potential as a novelist."<ref name="norahpiehl">Norah Piehl, [http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-embers The Embers by Hyatt Bass], ''The Book Reporter'', January 21, 2011</ref>

==Wealth==
In 2007, ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))'' reported that "as of some years ago", Hyatt and her sister Samantha had trust funds of US$280 million each.<ref name=VanityFair>{{cite magazine|last1=Shnayerson|first1=Michael|title=Something Happened At Anne's!|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/08/michael-shnayerson-anne-bass-attack-200708|accessdate=10 November 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=August 2007}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is married to [Josh Klausner](/source/Josh_Klausner), and she has two sons.<ref name="vogueandreleon"/> They live in [Greenwich Village](/source/Greenwich_Village), [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), in New York City.<ref name="nytimes">Julie Satow, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/realestate/palaces-in-the-making.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Palaces-in-the-Making], ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', October 24, 2013</ref>

==Bibliography==
*Hyatt Bass. ''The Embers''. New York City: Henry Holt and Co.. 2009. 304 pages.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://hyattbass.com/ Official website]

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