Glen David Gold

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Glen David Gold
Corona del Mar, California
, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • memoirist
  • screenwriter
EducationThe Thacher School
Wesleyan University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine (MFA)
Notable worksCarter Beats the Devil
Sunnyside, I Will Be Complete
Spouse
Sara Shay Gold
​
(m. 2023)​

Glen David Gold (born 1964) is an American novelist, memoirist and screenwriter. Known for his bestselling novels exploring the roles of entertainment and popular culture in historical America, he has also published a critically acclaimed memoir and worked extensively in a broad range of media, including comics, television and podcasting. Gold is also a collector and authority on comics and graphic novels, particularly the works of Jack Kirby and other architects of the Marvel Universe.

Biography

Gold was born in

University of California at Berkeley, where he completed his undergraduate degree. He worked as a freelance writer before entering the graduate writing program at University of California, Irvine
, where he received his MFA in creative writing.

He is married to Sara Shay Gold.[3] An earlier marriage (2001), to novelist Alice Sebold; ended in divorce in 2012.[4]

Gold currently lives in the Silver Lake region of Los Angeles.[5]

Books

Carter Beats the Devil

Main article: Carter Beats the Devil

His first novel,

Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the 2001 Guardian First Book Award
.

The novel is a fictionalised biography of the American stage magician

United States President Warren G. Harding, BMW founder Max Friz, the Marx Brothers, business magnate Francis Marion "Borax" Smith, the inventor of electronic television Philo Farnsworth, and San Franciscan madams Tessie Wall
and Jessie Hayman. Most of the novel centers on the mysterious death of President Harding, who dies shortly after taking part in Carter's stage show. President Harding apparently knew of many serious scandals that seemed likely to bring down the establishment, and it seems certain that he was assassinated by persons and methods unknown. Much of Carter's past is shown in the form of flashbacks, as U.S. Secret Service Agent Griffin investigates the magician as a suspect.

Sunnyside

Main article: Sunnyside_(novel)

Gold's second novel,

E.L. Doctorow . . . full of intelligence, ambition, and generosity."[12]

I Will Be Complete

Gold's first memoir, I Will Be Complete, was published in 2018 by Knopf in the United States,[1] and by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom. Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians, called it "[a]n extraordinary account of an extraordinary life," and Joseph Fink, co-author of Welcome to Night Vale, said Gold "is one of the best storytellers working today. He could write about anything and make it gripping."[1]

Other media

Gold's essays, journalism and short fiction have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Playboy, McSweeney's, and Wired, among other publications.[13]

His work in television includes writing an episode of the Nickelodeon series Hey Arnold!,[14] and an appearance in the documentary Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery.[15] He co-wrote an episode of the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale in 2013, contributed to another episode in 2014,[16] and wrote the three-episode arc "eGemony" in 2017.[17]

Gold has also ventured into comic books, writing storylines for

Hostess Fruit Pies
, once ubiquitous in Marvel comics ("a delight in every bite").

As commentator on comics and comic art

Gold was a voracious reader of comics "when I was a kid in the 1970s",[19] but had moved on to reading science fiction, as well as the works of Robertson Davies and John Irving, by the age of thirteen.[20] In 1992, convinced that "Some comic artwork can belong on gallery walls — not just as "low" art but as something important on its own,"[19] he began collecting original art from both comics and graphic novels, as well as commissioning original art from artists including Gene Colan and Herb Trimpe.

In 2005, the

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. "Here's something we tend not to think of when evaluating Jack Kirby's artistic intent: Kirby killed Nazis, and he did it in hand-to-hand combat." Gold wrote. "He did it with the same hands that drew Captain America and Thor...in fact, he was wrestling with such deep nuances about the intermingled natures of good and evil that they're only comprehensible when viewed through the effects of wartime experience."[22]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d I Will Be Complete by Glen David Gold | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
  2. ISSN 0140-0460
    . Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ ""We got hitched at the top of the clock tower..." Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Biography Channel – Alice Sebold". Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Glen David Gold's memoir revolves around a mommy not so dearest". July 25, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (September 30, 2001). "Something Up His Sleeve (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Appearing Act". The New Yorker. September 17, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  8. ^ Maslin, Janet (August 27, 2001). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Shazam! President Eaten by a Lion (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  9. ^ The Observer: Carter Beats the Devil Review
  10. ^ "Sunnyside". Retrieved September 15, 2008.
  11. ^ Vernon, John (August 6, 2009). "The Tramp Returns (Published 2009)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Sunnyside by Glen David Gold: 9780307454980 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "About". Glen David Gold. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  14. ^ List of Hey Arnold! episodes#Season 2 (1997)
  15. ^ "Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery". October 31, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via IMDb.
  16. ^ Fink, Joseph. "The Auction". Welcome to Night Vale. Commonplace Books. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  17. ^ Fink, Joseph. "eGemony, Part 1: "Canadian Club"". Welcome to Night Vale. Commonplace Books. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  18. ^ Gustines, George Gene (May 10, 2019). "22 Movies? This Marvel Universe Has 1,000 Chapters (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  19. ^ a b Smith, Zack. "Collecting original comic art with Glen David Gold". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  20. ^ "Throwback Thursday: Glen David Gold". October 1, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  21. ^ "Masters of American Comics | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. November 20, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  22. ^ https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/comic-book-apocalypse-the-graphic-world-of-jack-kirby/ (page 67)

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