Jed Mattes was born on 3 August 1952 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Jed is known for The Celluloid Closet (1995). Jed died on 24 July 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
Was a literary agent who nurtured the careers of several well-known gay
writers such as Armistead Maupin, Michelangelo Signorile, Urvashi Vaid,
psychotherapist Betty Berzon, Gabriel Rotello and Eric Marcus. He also
represented such best-selling authors as Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
and Bill Bryson ("A Short History of Everything") and playwright
Michael Frayn.