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N. D. Wilson | |
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| Born | Nathan David Wilson 1978 (age 45–46) Moscow, Idaho, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, children's literature, apologetics |
| Notable works | 100 Cupboards Trilogy Ashtown Burials series Leepike Ridge Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl |
| Spouse | Heather Wilson |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent | Douglas Wilson |
Nathan David Wilson (born 1978) is an American author of young adult fiction. [1]
Wilson is the son of Calvinist minister Douglas Wilson and author Nancy Wilson. He was named after the biblical figures Nathan and David, [2] and was educated at Logos School. [3]
In sixth grade, Wilson decided that he wanted to become a writer, but he did not do any lengthy fiction writing until some years later. [4] Wilson graduated from New Saint Andrews College in 1999. He studied theology through Liberty University from 1999 to 2000, and he received a master's degree in liberal arts from St. John's College in 2001. [5]
During his graduate studies, Wilson began to work seriously toward writing children's fantasy. Of his first (unpublished) novel, "The Seventh Sneeze," he would later joke, "The title was the best thing about it." Wilson abandoned that project and launched a second attempt, which would ultimately become his 100 Cupboards series. [4]
Wilson began teaching at New Saint Andrews College as an adjunct professor in 2001. In 2005, he was named a Fellow of Literature at the college. [5] The same year, Wilson announced in Books & Culture magazine that he had made a near-duplicate of the Shroud of Turin image by exposing dark linen to the sun for ten days under a sheet of glass on which a positive mask had been painted, [6] [7] and in doing so, "caused some uproar in the Shroud of Turin world." [8]
Wilson was the managing editor for Credenda/Agenda magazine. [5] He is a Teacher at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. [9]
Wilson is married. He and his wife Heather [5] have five children. [10]
In 2017, Wilson underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor. [11]
In October 2020, Wilson's church, Christ Church, organized protests against a COVID-19 related mask mandate. Wilson was charged with various misdemeanors following an episode where he allegedly plastered public property with stickers that compared the town of Moscow to the Soviet Union. [12] He called the town's actions an abuse of power. [12] The case was still pending as of May 2022. [13]
Wilson's published works include three series and two standalone novels for young adults, as well as children's picture books and a textbook.
Wilson has written that his fiction is characterized by its creative allusions to classic literature. Leepike Ridge uses themes from The Odyssey , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and King Solomon's Mines , while the 100 Cupboards series was influenced by the King Arthur stories, both as told by Geoffrey of Monmouth and by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene , and fairy tales from Robert Kirk and Sir Walter Scott. [14] The Ashtown Burials series includes many historical and mythological characters (including Gilgamesh), and the first book in that series, The Dragon's Tooth, refigures elements from the opening chapters of Treasure Island . Boys of Blur, meanwhile, mirrors Beowulf —despite being set in the Florida Everglades.
One of the themes that runs through Wilson's books is fatherhood, and how to deal with fatherlessness by finding fathers. [15]
Wilson's short fiction and prose have been published in Credenda/Agenda, the Chattahoochee Review, the Esquire napkin project, [16] Christianity Today , and Books & Culture.
Wilson's writings have received mostly positive reviews. Kirkus Reviews said of The 100 Cupboards, "Wilson's writing is fantastical, but works with clever sentences and turns of phrase that render it more than just another rote fantasy." [17]
A "bookumentary" film adaptation of Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, narrated by Wilson, was released on DVD in 2011. [18]
N.D. Wilson also wrote and filmed a movie called The River Thief. The movie was released to theaters in 2016, starring Joel Courtney.
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2009 | Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs Douglas Wilson | No | No | Executive | Documentary film |
| 2010 | Hootie | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
| 2011 | Notes from the Tilt-a-whirl | No | No | Executive | Documentary film |
| 2014 | Mercy Rule | No | Yes | No | Directed to DVD length film |
| The Hound of Heaven | Yes | Yes | No | Short film | |
| 2016 | The River Thief | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature-length film |
| 2020 | The Riot and the Dance | Yes | Yes | No | Documentary film |
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2019 | Hello Ninja | No | No | Executive | Based on his children's book |
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