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Blake Nelson

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Blake Nelson
BornChicago,Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWesleyan University
New York University
Jesuit High School (Portland)
Notable worksGirl
Paranoid Park
Recovery Road

Blake Nelson[1]is an Americanauthorofadultandchildren's literature.[2][3]He grew up inPortland,Oregon,and attendedWesleyan UniversityandNew York University.[4]He lives inHillsboro, Oregon,in thePortland metropolitan area.[5]

Biography

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Nelson began his career writing short humor pieces forDetailsmagazine in the mid-'90s. These articles, with titles including "How to be an Expatriot" and "How to Live on $3600 a year", explored theslackerWest Coast lifestyle.[4]

His first novelGirlwas excerpted inSassymagazine in three successive issues.[6]The mailSassyreceived in response was key to the eventual publication ofGirl.[7]Girlhas since been published in eight foreign countries and made into afilm of the same name.The novel was reissued as ayoung adultnovel bySimon & Schusteryoung adultimprintSimon Pulse in October 2007.

Nelson's novelParanoid Park[8]was made into afilm of the same namebyGus Van Sant.The novel, about skateboarding teenagers, won the prestigiousGrinzane Cavour Prizein Italy.[9]The film won a special 60th Anniversary prize at theCannes Film Festivalin 2007.

A sequel to his first novelGirl,Dream Schoolwas released in December 2011 and follows the protagonist, Andrea Marr, to Wellington College, an eastern liberal-arts college modeled on Wesleyan, Nelson'salma mater.[10]TheSeattleStrangercalled theGirl/Dream Schoolseries "The missing link betweenBret Easton EllisandTao Lin."

Nelson's 2011 novelRecovery Roadwas adapted by Disney into a TV drama of the same name. It premiered in January 2016 on ABC Family (Freeform).

In 2023, Girl Noise Press publishedThe City Wants You Alone,the third novel in the GIRL trilogy.

Blake Nelson has also contributed poetry, essays and non-fiction toThe New York Times, The Quarterly (Gordon Lish), The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York PostandConde Nast Traveler.

Bibliography

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  • Girl,Simon & Schuster, 1994, (reissue 2007,2016)
  • Exile,Scribners, 1997
  • User,Versus Press, 2001
  • The New Rules of High School,Penguin, 2003
  • Rock Star Superstar,Penguin, 2005
  • Prom Anonymous,Penguin, 2006
  • Gender Blender,Random House, 2006
  • Paranoid Park,Penguin, 2006
  • They Came From Below,Tor Books, 2007
  • Destroy All Cars,Scholastic Books, 2009
  • Recovery Road,Scholastic Books, 2011
  • Dream School (GIRL #2),Figment, 2011
  • The Prince of Venice Beach,Little Brown, 2014
  • Boy,Simon & Schuster, 2017
  • Phoebe Will Destroy You,Simon & Schuster, 2019
  • The City Wants You Alone (GIRL #3)Girl Noise Press 2023

References

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  1. ^Blake Nelson – IMDb
  2. ^"Children's Literature Profile".Childrenslit. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-19.Retrieved2012-03-23.
  3. ^"Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson'sParanoid Park".NPR:Fresh Air.2008-03-27.Retrieved2008-03-28.
  4. ^ab"Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio".Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.Retrieved2012-03-23.
  5. ^"Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson".Sched.Retrieved16 November2014.
  6. ^Mynx, Maradoll (2010-03-04)."About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of" Girl ".Bust.Retrieved2012-03-23.
  7. ^"Girl: Blake Nelson".The-write-stuff.au. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-17.Retrieved2012-03-23.
  8. ^Nelson, Blake (2 March 2008)."Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question".nytimes.Retrieved2012-03-23.
  9. ^"Google Translate".Retrieved2012-03-23.
  10. ^The Stuff That 'Dream School' Is Made Of,New York Times' review. Second and third paragraphs. By Naomi Fry. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
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