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Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957Nick Hornby is an English novelist and essayist who lives in Highbury, Islington (London). He frequently touches upon obsessive behaviour (usually male, and related to two of his own interests: sports and music), and writes in what some say is a funny, entertaining

Biography

Hornby was educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge. He started his career as a teacher, then left to work as a freelance journalist and later as a novelist.

Hornby built his name first with (1992) a memoir of his lifelong support of Arsenal F.C. That book, and his first and second novels, (1998), draw on the author's life experience and find particular appeal among men in their twenties and thirties.

In 1999 he received the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

(2001) marked a shift for Hornby in that it was his first novel to feature a female narrator. 2005 saw the publication of his most recent novel, , which contains two short stories and is part of Penguin Books' 70th anniversary Pocket Penguin collection.

Hornby has also written essays on various aspects of popular culture, and in particular has become something of an authoritative literary voice for pop music and mix tape enthusiasts. In addition to writing music reviews for publications such as ), a collection of essays on selected popular songs and (more often) the specific emotional resonance they carry for him. He also began writing a book review column, "Stuff I've Been Reading," for the monthly magazine

Film adaptations

Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of , starring John Cusack; this adaptation was notable in that the action was shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, , in which Jimmy Fallon plays a hopelessly addicted Boston Red Sox fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend (Drew Barrymore), was released in 2005. It appears likely that will also be adapted; Johnny Depp purchased film rights to the book before it was even published.