Maybe the Moon

{{Short description|1992 novel by Armistead Maupin}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = Maybe the Moon

| image = File:Maybe the Moon (1992).jpg

| caption = US first edition cover

| author = Armistead Maupin

| cover_artist =

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Novel

| published = 1992

| publisher = HarperCollins

| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 307

| isbn = 0-06-016552-9

}}

Maybe the Moon is a 1992 novel written by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin.

The story Maupin describes as 'partly autobiographical', despite the main character being a female heterosexual Jewish dwarf. The character was also based on his friend Tamara De Treaux, who was the actor for E.T.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204018/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_04_behind.html Behind the scenes: THE OUTSIDER] - San Francisco Focus Magazine, October 1992. Interview with Maupin about his friendship with Tamara De Treaux.{{cite web|url=//www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |title=Reviews of Maybe the Moon and synopsis |date=2006-03-04 |accessdate=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204013/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |archivedate=March 4, 2006 }}

Former tennis player Jim Courier read this book during a changeover.{{Citation

| last = Clarey

| first = Christopher

| author-link =

| title = Courier's Novel Approach Has Its Faults : What's the Story, Jim?

| newspaper = International Herald Tribune

| date = November 19, 1993

| url = http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/11/19/ten_7.php}}

According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707163025/http://www.armisteadmaupin.com/Curios.html Maupin's website], Maybe the Moon may have been the last book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ever read. Daryl Hannah who, at the time, was dating Jackie's son John Kennedy Jr., had optioned the book to produce a film version. She asked Jackie to read the book and give her an opinion.