Gabrielle Zevin
Author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
About the Author
Gabrielle Zevin was born in New York City on October 24, 1977. She received a degree in English and American literature from Harvard University in 2000. She has written both adult and young adult novels. Her debut, Margarettown, was a selection of the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers show more program. Her other works include The Hole We're In, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry. Her young adult novel Elsewhere was an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. She has also written for the New York Times Book Review and NPR's All Things Considered. She is the screenwriter of Conversations with Other Women starring Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination. In 2009, she and director Hans Canosa adapted her novel Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac into the Japanese film, Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Birthdate
- 1977-10-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- Harvard University
- Occupations
- screenwriter
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young adult writer - Awards and honors
- Independent Spirit Award (Nomination, Best Original Screenplay, 2007)
Austin Film Festival (Audience Award, 2002)
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I thought the relationships in this were a touch toxic and that there were some really big things just thrown in for shock factor
Read this at the recommendation of a friend, and was thoroughly pleased when I did. With it's strange writing style and unique take on life after death, this book really made me think and I loved that. Heck, I love the book in general!
Overall, a really great book, although I did feel like some parts got in the weeds about the inner workings of how a video game is made. I really enjoyed the focus on friendship and chosen family. I think the author also skillfully described how small misunderstandings and grievances can destroy a relationship if folks aren’t willing to have those difficult and authentic conversations.
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Gaming is everything to Sadie and Sam. They meet and connect over a Nintendo consul, reconnect and develop their first game together after bumping into each other in Cambridge and go on to become partners in a successful gaming company. Their special friendship is incredibly moving from beginning to end. The heartbreaking acts of support, love and kindness are as impactful as the misunderstandings, jealousies and rivalries. The recurring themes of Macbeth’s Tomorrow soliloquy, Emily Dickenson’s Freight fitting the Groove and The Illiad’s Tamer of Horses add emotional depth and poignancy. When life sucks – death, tragedy, depression, disability, discrimination – press reset and start again. A glass heart might shatter, a maze might not lead you home but there is always tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.
“Maybe it was the willingness to play that hinted at a tender, eternally newborn part in all humans. Maybe it was the willingness to play that kept one from despair.”… (more)