David Gordon (novelist)
David Gordon | |
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Born | 1967 (age 53–54) New York City, United States |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable works |
David Gordon (born 1967) is an American novelist.
Biography[]
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, , won the 2011 First Novelist Award[2] and was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar 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 and starring Kamikawa Takaya.[5][6]
Works[]
- (2010) (ISBN 978-1-4391-5848-7)
- Mystery Girl (2013) (ISBN 978-0-544-02858-6)
- White Tiger on Snow Mountain: Stories (2014) (ISBN 978-0-544-34374-0)
- The Bouncer (2018) (ISBN 978-0-8021-2800-3)
- The Hard Stuff (2019) (ISBN 978-0-8021-2956-7)
Notes[]
- ^ "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".
External links[]
Categories:
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- Living people
- 1967 births
- Writers from New York City
- 21st-century American male writers
- Columbia University alumni
- Novelists from New York (state)
- American novelist, 1960s birth stubs