Hyatt Bass

Hyatt Bass
Born 1968/1969 (age 46–47)[1]
Residence Manhattan, New York City
Education Princeton University
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter, director, philanthropist
Net worth US$280 million (August 2007)[1]
Spouse(s) Josh Klausner
Children 2 sons
Parent(s) Sid Bass
Anne Hendricks Bass
Relatives Lee Bass (uncle)
Ed Bass (uncle)
Robert Bass (uncle)
Perry Richardson Bass (paternal grandfather)
Nancy Lee Bass (paternal grandmother)
Sid W. Richardson (paternal great-granduncle)

Hyatt Bass (born 1968/1969) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director and philanthropist.

Early life and education

Her father, Sid Bass, is an oil heir and business executive.[2] Her mother, Anne Hendricks Bass, is a philanthropist and art collector.[2] Her parents divorced in 1986.[2] Two polaroid pictures of her taken in 1980, when she was a child, by Andy Warhol were gifted by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to the Princeton University Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2008.[3][4]

She graduated from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree.[5]

Career

In 2000, she was the screenwriter and director of 75 Degrees in July.[6]

She published a novel entitled The Embers in 2009.[7] She took seven years to write it.[8] The novel is about Laura and Joel Ascher, two Manhattanites whose marriage ends in divorce after their son Thomas dies.[2] Fifteen years later, they reunite for their daughter Emily's wedding.[2] 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.'[9]

Philanthropy

She has made charitable contributions to the National Book Foundation, the Sadie Nash Leadership Project, The Marshall Project.[10][11][12] She has also funded the documentary Women, War & Peace on PBS.[13] In 2010, she co-chaired the 23 Annual Stepping Out and Stepping Up Gala organized by the New York Women's Foundation.[14]

Wealth

In 2007, Vanity Fair reported that "as of some years ago", Hyatt and her sister Samantha had trust funds of US$280 million each.[1]

Personal life

She is married to Josh Klausner, and she has two sons.[7] They live on the island of Manhattan, in New York City.[15]

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