Matthew Quick | |
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![]() Quick at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
Born | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | October 23, 1973
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | La Salle University, Goddard College, Collingswood High School |
Genre | Adult novels, Young-adult novels |
Notable works | The Silver Linings Playbook |
Spouse | Alicia Bessette |
Website | |
matthewquickwriter |
Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His 2008 debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.[1][2]
Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages.[3] In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times.[4]
Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013.[5]
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