Harvey Fierstein is the Tony Award-winning author of "Torch Song Trilogy" and "La Cage aux Folles." His other theater writings include "Kinky Boots," "Newsies," "Casa Valentina" (all Tony-nominated), "A Catered Affair" (12 Drama Desk nominations) and "Bella Bella," and his theater performances include "Torch Song Trilogy" and "Hairspray" (Tony Awards for both), "Fiddler on the Roof," "La Cage aux Folles," "Gently Down the Stream" and "A Catered Affair." His film and television appearances include Mrs. Doubtfire, "The Good Wife" and "Cheers" (Emmy-nominated), and he has voiced characters in the film Mulan, and the shows "Big Mouth," "The Dark Crystal," "BoJack Horseman" and many more. He lives in a small fictional town in Connecticut with whatever animals will have him.

Books by Harvey Fierstein

I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

by Harvey Fierstein - Memoir, Nonfiction

Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films and TV shows: "Hairspray," "Fiddler on the Roof," Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, "Cheers," "La Cage Aux Folles," "Torch Song Trilogy," "Newsies" and "Kinky Boots." While he has never shied away from the spotlight, Mr. Fierstein says that even those closest to him have never heard most of the tales --- of personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, of his fabled career --- revealed in these wildly entertaining pages.