Occupation Author Education Harvard University Role Author | Name Gabrielle Zevin Nationality American | |
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Born Gabrielle Zevin
October 24, 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-10-24 ) Notable works Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Movies Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Conversations with Other Women Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction Books The Storied Life of A J Fikry, Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Margarettown, Because It Is My Blood | ||
Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin (born October 24, 1977, New York City) is an American author and screenwriter.
Contents
- Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
- Kirkus tv interview with bestselling author gabrielle zevin
- Writing
- Personal life
- Note
- Interviews
- References
Kirkus tv interview with bestselling author gabrielle zevin
Writing
Zevin's first novel Elsewhere was published in 2005. It was nominated for a 2006 Quill award, won the Borders Original Voices Award, and was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Book Club. It also made the Carnegie long list. The book has been translated into over twenty languages.
In 2007 Zevin was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Conversations with Other Women which starred Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart and was also directed by Hans Canosa.
In 2014, her eighth novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Personal life
Zevin graduated from Harvard University in 2000 with a degree in English & American Literature and lives in Los Angeles.
Zevin's father is a Russian-Jewish American, and her mother is Korean.
Note
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac has been made into a Japanese live-action movie of the same name.