David Gordon (novelist)
David Gordon | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable works | The Serialist |
David Gordon (born 1967) is an American novelist.
Biography
[edit]Gordon initially worked as a writer and editor for adult magazines Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 1990s before moving on to write novels.[1]
His debut novel, The Serialist, won the 2011 First Novelist Award[2] and was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. Its translation into Japanese by Aoki Chizuru[3] as Niryū Shōsetsuka (二流小説家), lit. "Second-Rate Novelist" became a major hit,[4] winning three literary contests and being turned into a full-length motion film by Toei, directed by Izaki Nobuaki and starring Kamikawa Takaya.[5][6]
Works
[edit]- The Serialist (2010). ISBN 9781439158487.
- Mystery Girl (2013). ISBN 9780544028586.
- White Tiger on Snow Mountain: Stories (2014). ISBN 9780544343740.
- The Bouncer (2018). ISBN 9780802128003.
- The Hard Stuff (2019). ISBN 9780802129567.
- Against the Law (2021). ISBN 9781613162262.
- The Wild Life (2022). ISBN 9781613162774.
Articles
[edit]- "[Letter from SoHo] The Forty-Year Rehearsal – The Wooster Group's endless work in progress". Harper's. Vol. 340, no. 2036. New York, NY, US: Harper's Magazine Foundation. January 2020. pp. 53–64. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hi! I am David Gordon". Reddit. January 12, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
I worked as a writer and editor at Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 90s.
- ^ Batten, Tom (10 January 2013). "The First Novel: David Gordon and "The Serialist"". VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Hi! I am David Gordon". Reddit. January 12, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
Someone here kindly found my Japanese translators correctly spelled phonetic name: Aoki Chizuru, I salute you!
- ^ Gordon, David (10 January 2014). "Big in Japan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ 島村幸恵 (24 January 2013). "上川隆也、売れない官能小説家役で映画初主演！米傑作ミステリー映画化". Cinematoday.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "The Serialist (2013) - IMDb".
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