David Gordon (novelist)

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David Gordon
Born1967 (age 5657)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Notable works The Serialist

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]

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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]

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References

  1. "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.
  2. Batten, Tom (10 January 2013). "The First Novel: David Gordon and "The Serialist"". VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. "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!
  4. Gordon, David (10 January 2014). "Big in Japan". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. "The Serialist (2013) - IMDb".