Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is an Oscar-nominated British writer and critic, whose first published novel, Fever Pitch written in 1992, was adapted into a film starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon in 2005. An Education is a screenplay written by Hornby based on An Education an autobiographical memoir written by Lynn Barber that and earned Hornby his first ever Oscar nomination in 2010. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394984/filmogenre

Hornby has written several other novels, including High Fidelity (2000), About a Boy (2002) and A Long Way Down (2005). The author has also contributed to several magazines, including The New Yorker. Hornby’s works include the following genres comedy, documentary, dramas, talk shows, romance, and sports in both fiction and non-fiction categories.

Hornby was boon in Redhill, Surrey, England in 1957. After graduating from Cambridge, Hornby was a reviewer for publications including [[Time Out]] and the Literary Review, while holding a teaching job. His fiction writing tends to focus on male protagonists, exploring their crises and obsessions. He was awarded the E.M. Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999.http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth51<ref> On this page, fans can read information about Nick Hornby and catch up on the latest news about this writer.

Hornby was nominated for an Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) for the film An Education in 2010. The film tells the story of Jenny, a 16-year-old English schoolgirl who is seduced by an older man named David (Peter Sarsgaard). Jenny's relentless pursuit of gaining admission to Oxford is interrupted when she meets him. Jenny is attracted to his wealth, knowledge of culture and social standing, but comes to question how David and his companions make their money. This was Hornby's first Academy Award nomination and adapted from a memoir by Lynn Barber.http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/an-education/3491

Fever Pitch chronicles the Hornby's obsessive support for the Arsenal Football Club from London. The team and sport were changed for the adapted screenplay in the American film version (2005), and featured Jimmy Fallon as a Boston Red Sox fanatic who's obsession interferes with his love life. A British film adaptation was directed by David Evans in 1997.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119114/

High Fidelity was Hornby's first purely fictional novel, detailing the life of a record collector who owns and operates a record store. The adapted film (2000), starring John Cusack, grossed $26 million in the United States. For the film adaptation, the location was shifted from London to Chicago.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146882/

Hornby's 1998 novel About a Boy was adapted in to a film in 2002. The novel tells the story of 36-year-old Will Freeman and 12-year-old Marcus. Through their relationship the two learn to fit into their expected roles in society, living according to their age and abandoning some of their eccentric ways.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/

The novel How to Be Good (published in 2001) explores marriage, parenthood and morals while following a female protagonist.http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Good-Nick-Hornby/dp/1573229326

The 2005 novel A Long Way Down tells the story of four main characters who start off as strangers from each person's point of view. The dark comedy deals with suicide, depression and promiscuity.http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/hornbynick/longwaydown

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• The Guardian: "Laughing all the way to the cemetary" (2005)

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• April 17, 1957: Born

• 2000: High Fidelity

• 2002: About a Boy

• 2005: Fever Pitch