David Gordon | |
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Born | 1967 (age 55–56) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable works | The Serialist |
David Gordon (born 1967) is an American novelist.
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 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]
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I worked as a writer and editor at Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 90s.
Someone here kindly found my Japanese translators correctly spelled phonetic name: Aoki Chizuru, I salute you!