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American TV & internet personality and author

James St. James (born James Clark; August 1, 1966) is a television & internet personality, author, celebutante, frequent collaborator with Mathu Andersen, and former "Club Kid", a member of the New York City club scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s.^[1]

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James was known for a lifestyle of excess that included heavy drug use, partying, and bizarre costumes that first brought him to national attention as the subject of television appearances and interviews. He wrote Disco Bloodbath (now published under the title Party Monster) that was later made into the feature film Party Monster (2003), starring Macaulay Culkin as Michael Alig and Seth Green as St.

James. His life was the subject of the documentary Party Monster: The Shockumentary (1998).

Early life and education

James grew up in an affluent family in Saginaw, Michigan, where he lived with his mother after his parents divorced.^{[citation needed]} In the summer, he would stay with his father and younger and o