Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick | |
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 Quick at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | October 23, 1973 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | La Salle University, Goddard College |
| Genre | Adult novels, Young-adult novels |
| Notable works | The Silver Linings Playbook |
| Spouse | Alicia Bessette |
| Website | |
| matthewquickwriter | |
Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and
The Silver Linings Playbook
, became a
New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.[1][2]
Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages.[3] 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
Honorary Doctorate
of Humane Letters from La Salle in 2013.
Works
Source: Fiction Database[9]
- OCLC 910977730
- OCLC 858312107
- Boy21 (2012) – YA OCLC 885301812
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (2013) – YA
- The Good Luck of Right Now (2014)
- Love May Fail (2015) OCLC 906023510
- Every Exquisite Thing (2016) – YA
- The Reason You're Alive (2017)
- We Are the Light (2022) ISBN 9781668005422
Film adaptations
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.
- ^ "PEN/Hemingway Award and other Hemingway Forums". Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "Matthew Quick Bio".
- ^ Skoufalos, Matt (2013-02-24). "'Silver Linings Playbook' Scribe Reflects on Roots - Entertainment - Collingswood, NJ Patch". Collingswood.patch.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "Bio | Alicia Bessette". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ "Matthew Quick Book List". FictionDB. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Quick.
- Official website
- Matthew Quick at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records
- Review, The Good Luck of Right Now
