Matthew Quick
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October 23, 1973 Camden, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | La Salle University, Goddard College |
| Genre | Adult novels, Young-adult novels |
| Notable works | The Silver Linings Playbook |
| Partner | Alicia Bessette |
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Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young-adult fiction. His debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller[1] and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker.[2]
Quick was finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award,[3] and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times.[4]
Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013.[5]
Personal life
Quick grew up in Oaklyn, New Jersey and graduated from Collingswood High School. He has a degree in English literature from La Salle University and an MFA from Goddard College.[6] He left his job as a tenured English teacher in Haddonfield, New Jersey to write his first novel while living in Collingswood, New Jersey.[7] Quick lived in Massachusetts for several years; he and his wife, novelist and pianist Alicia Bessette now live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.[8]
Works
Source: Fiction Database[9]
- The Silver Linings Playbook (2008)
- Sorta Like a Rockstar (2010)
- Boy21 (2012)
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (2013)
- The Good Luck of Right Now (2014)
- Love May Fail (2015)
- Every Exquisite Thing (2016)
References
- ↑ "The New York Times Bestseller List". New York Times. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ "David O. Russell to Direct The Silver Linings Playbook | /Film". Slashfilm.com. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120719073503/http://www.jfklibrary.org:80/Research/The-Ernest-Hemingway-Collection/Hemingway-News/PEN-Hemingway-Awards-and-other-Hemingway-Forums.aspx. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "The Finer Points of the Game". The New York Times, Matt de la Peña , March 9, 2012. 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Matthew Quick | The 2013 TIME 100 Poll | TIME.com". Time100.time.com. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ "Matthew Quick | Goddard College". Goddard.edu. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ Skoufalos, Matt (2013-02-24). "'Silver Linings Playbook' Scribe Reflects on Roots - Entertainment - Collingswood, NJ Patch". Collingswood.patch.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ http://aliciabessettepiano.com/front-page/bio/
- ↑ "Matthew Quick Book List". FictionDB. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
External links
- Official website
- Matthew Quick at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalog records
- Review, The Good Luck of Right Now
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