Gabrielle Zevin
Autor(a) de The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
About the Author
Gabrielle Zevin was born in New York City on October 24, 1977. She received a degree in English and American literature from Harvard University in 2000. She has written both adult and young adult novels. Her debut, Margarettown, was a selection of the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers mostrar mais program. Her other works include The Hole We're In, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry. Her young adult novel Elsewhere was an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. She has also written for the New York Times Book Review and NPR's All Things Considered. She is the screenwriter of Conversations with Other Women starring Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination. In 2009, she and director Hans Canosa adapted her novel Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac into the Japanese film, Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1977-10-24
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Educação
- Harvard University
- Ocupação
- screenwriter
novelist
young adult writer - Premiações
- Independent Spirit Award (Nomination, Best Original Screenplay, 2007)
Austin Film Festival (Audience Award, 2002)
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- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 18,505
- Popularidade
- #1,185
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 1,285
- ISBNs
- 246
- Idiomas
- 17
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- 22
Two young gamers, Sadie and Sam, begin a friendship passing the time during a hospital stay. The friendship develops into a creative relationship and a gaming company.
Along the way the relationship she became strained as the friends begin to play mind games with each other.
I enjoyed the writing, it was a fast read.
The story had insights into relationships, grief, disability as well as the creative process.
Unfortunately I am not a gamer, so the endless description of games bored me.… (mais)