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New York, NY (January 26, 2010) – Author and humorist Jonathan Ames will offer a behind-the-scenes look at his hit HBO comedy series Bored to Death at the April 24th Yaddo 2010 New York City Benefit.

Inspired by a short story written by Ames, Bored to Death gained a following immediately upon its premiere last fall. It stars Jason Schwartzman as a Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem who nurses a painful breakup by acting out his dream to become a private eye. Ted Danson plays his magazine editor, and Zach Galifianakas is his best friend. Ames is the creator, executive producer, and writer for the series.

Ames, a frequent guest on television's "Late Show with David Letterman", is the author of I Pass Like Night, The Extra Man, What's Not to Love?, My Less Than Secret Life, Wake Up, Sir!, I Love You More Than You Know, and The Double Life Is Twice as Good, plus a graphic novel, The Alcoholic. Claiming "it was the role of a lifetime," Ames wrote the script and played himself in a 2007-2008 Showtime Network television special based on his memoir What's Not to Love?. He has appeared off-off-Broadway and at various American colleges with his one-man show "Oedipussy". A film adaptation of his novel The Extra Man, starring Kevin Kline and Paul Dano, premiered this week to an appreciative audience at the Sundance Film Festival, and another one of Ames's novels, Wake Up, Sir!  (the story of an artists' colony in upstate New York), is in development as a film. In addition to writing, Ames has had two amateur boxing matches, compiling a 1-1 record fighting as "The Herring Wonder." He has been a guest artist at Yaddo and is a Member of The Corporation of Yaddo.

The Yaddo 2010 New York City Benefit will be held Saturday, April 24th, at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South, with festivities beginning at 6:30 p.m. Yaddo author Patricia Volk is chair of this year's benefit committee. Individual reservations are $350 to $1,000. To purchase reservations online now, click here for a link to a secure page. Sponsorships of $2,500 to $25,000 also are available. Click here to see the sponsorship benefits.

Event, Program, Lead, and Supporting Sponsors will receive a limited edition signed print, "The Woods", created for this occasion by Yaddo artist James Siena, in collaboration with Master Printer Doug Bennett of The Lower East Side Printshop, who donated his services. The image size is 7.25" x 5.75", and the sheet size is 13.875" x 11.75".

For additional information, contact Lynn Farenell (lfarenell@yaddo.org or 518.584.0746) or Jennifer Godlewski (jgodleswki@yaddo.org or 212.307.7685).

Click here to visit the Bored to Death official website for the latest news about the show.