Nick Hornby

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Nicholas Peter Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer and lyricist.

He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch and the books High Fidelity and About a Boy, both of which were turned into feature films.

Hornby's film often addresses music, sport, and his protagonists' aimless and obsessive natures.

As of 2018, his books have sold more than 5 million copies around the world.

Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture in a 2004 survey by the BBC.

Early life and education

Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, the son of Sir Derek Hornby, London and Continental Railways chairman, and Margaret Audrey Withers. He was born in Maidenhead and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he learned English. When he was eleven years old, his parents divorced him.

Hornby worked as a secondary-school English teacher before starting his career as a novelist.

Personal life

Hornby has been married twice. He and his first wife have one child, who has autism, who was born in 1993. Amanda Posey, Hornby's second wife, is a producer. They have two sons who were born in 2001 and 2004. Gill Hornby, Hornby's sister, is married to writer Robert Harris.

As a result of his quest for specialist education for his son Danny, Nick Hornby was directly involved in the establishment of the charity Ambitious About Autism, later known as TreeHouse Trust, and its academy TreeHouse School. Hornby has long been a major contributor to the charity and is currently serving as a vice president.

In 2010, Nick Hornby co-founded Ministry of Stories, a writing charity based in Hoxton, east London. The charity was influenced by Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia model in San Francisco and aims to give young people the opportunity to write and read fluently, as well as a passion for writing for pleasure.

Arsenal Football Club is a sponsor of Hornby.

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Career

Hornby released his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American writers, including Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie, titled Contemporary American Fiction. Fever Pitch, Hornby's second book, which was also published in 1992, is an autobiography chronicling his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. Hornby was named the recipient of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award as a result. Following Jimmy Fallon's obsession with the Boston Red Sox, a baseball team, in 1997, the memoir was made for film in the United Kingdom, and in 2005, an American remake was announced. Hornby began to publish articles in the Sunday Times, Time Out, and the Times Literary Supplement, in addition to his music reviews for the New Yorker, as a result of his book's success.

In 1995, High Fidelity, his third book and first book, was published. The book, about a neurotic record collector and his failed relationships, was turned into a 2000 American film starring John Cusack, a Broadway musical in 2006, and a television show High Fidelity starring Zo Kravitz in 2020.

Marcus, an adolescent from a single-parent household with an uncomfortable yet endearing childhood, and Will Freeman, a freefloater in mid-30s, fights his own immaturity and self-centredness through his growing relationship with Marcus, his second book, About a Boy, which was published in 1998. In the 2002 film version, Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult appeared. The American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award in 1999 was given to Hornby.

How to Be Well was Hornby's next book, How to Be Good, which was released in 2001. The female protagonist in the novel explores modern morals, marriage, and parenthood. It was long listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2001 and then gained the W.H. In 2002, Smith was awarded the Smith Award for Fiction.

Part of the money he earned with his next book, he spoke with the Angel in 2002, was donated to TreeHouse, a charity for children with autism, a condition that impacts Hornby's own son. He was the editor of the book, which contained twelve short stories contributed by his friends. "NippleJesus" was also included in the collection.

Hornby wrote an article in 2003 titled 31 Songs (known in the United States as Songbook). Hornby was also honoured with the London Award 2003, an award that was also chosen by fellow writers.

Hornby has written essays on various aspects of popular culture, and, in particular, he has gained a reputation for his writing on pop music and mix tape enthusiasts. Since 2003, he has been writing "Stuff I've Been Reading" for the monthly publication The Believer; all of these essays were collected by The Polysyllabic Spree (2004), Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (2006), Shakespeare Wrote for Money (2008), and More Baths Less Talking (2012).

A Long Way Down was published in 2005, with a film version of this book released in 2014. The Whitbread Novel Award's shortlist included it. Hornby has also edited two sports-related anthologies: My Favourite Year and The Picador Book of Sports Writing.

Hornby's book Slam was published on October 16, 2007, his first book for young adults and was named as one of the 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Sam, a 16-year-old skateboarder, whose life is forever altered when his mother becomes pregnant.

Juliet, Naked, Hornby's second book, was published in September 2009. The book, which has similar themes as his earlier book High Fidelity, is about a reclusive 1980s rock star who is forced out of anonymity after the re-release of his most popular album brings him into contact with some of his most devoted followers.

Hornby co-founded The Ministry of Stories, a non-profit group in East London dedicated to assisting children and young adults in writing and assisting teachers in encouraging their students to write.

Hornby talked about his bouts of depression on BBC Radio 4's "Fever Pitched: Twenty Years On" in 2012.

Funny Girl (2014), about a 1960s beauty queen determined to make her mark on television comedies, State of the Union (2019), and Just Like You (2020).

Hornby has also worked as a screenwriter, and he has stated that working in film rather than writing novels excites him. "If you get to a certain point in your novelistic career, unless you screw up really badly, the book isn't going to come out," BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture explained. There are all these hurdles that seem to have some degree of objectivity to them, which are likely to be a screenplay. The screenplay has to work, and I adore it."

Hornby adapted an autobiographical memoir by Lynn Barber for the screen in 1999's An Education, a comedy film starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and two BAFTAs.

Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2014, Hornby adapted another autobiographical memoir. Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern was nominated for Best Actress for Witherspoon and Best Supporting Actress for Dern. Hornby, who spoke out about adapting such a packed book, said it was really a case of boiling everything down and waking up that he didn't make a two-hour film that never mentions walking at all.

He wrote the script for the film Brooklyn, an adaptation of Colm Tóibn's book of the same name, in 2015. It was "his best work ever as a screenwriter," according to Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph. According to Metacritic, the film is on eighty "top ten" lists for 2015. He was nominated for his second Oscar for writing the screenplay and two BAFTA nominations, one of which was honoured.

Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life, Hornby converted Nina Stibbe's book Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life into a television series in 2016. Love, Nina made its BBC One debut on May 20, 2016 and ran for five episodes.

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Awards and honours

• 1993 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Fever Pitch
• 1999 E. M. Forster Award
• 2002 WH Smith Literary Award, How to be Good
• 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award, shortlist, 31 Songs
• 2003 London Award
• 2005 Whitbread Novel Award, shortlist, A Long Way Down
• 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Slam
• 2012 British Sports Book Awards, Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing