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Blake Nelson
Blake Nelson
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wesleyan University; New York University; Jesuit High School (Portland)
Notable works	Girl; Paranoid Park; Recovery Road

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Blake Nelson is an American author of adult and children's literature.^[1]^[2] He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Wesleyan University and New York University.^[3] He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area.^[4]

Biography

Nelson began his career writing short humor pieces for Details magazine in the mid-'90s. These articles, with titles including "How to be an Expatriot" and "How to Live on $3600 a year", explored the slacker West Coast lifestyle.^[3]

His first novel Girl was excerpted in Sassy magazine in three successive issues.^[5] The mail Sassy received in response was key to the eventual publication of Girl.^[6] Girl has since been published in eight foreign countries and made into a film of the same name. The novel was reissued as a young adult novel by Simon & Schuster young adult imprint Simon Pulse in October 2007.

Nelson's novel Paranoid Park^[7] was made into a film of the same name by Gus Van Sant. The novel, about skateboarding teenagers, won the prestigious Grinzane Cavour Prize in Italy.^[8] The film won a special 60th Anniversary prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

A sequel to his first novel Girl, Dream School was released in December 2011 and follows the protagonist, Andrea Marr, to Wellington College, an eastern liberal-arts college modeled on Wesleyan, Nelson's alma mater.^[9] The Seattle Stranger called the Girl/Dream School series "The missing link between Bret Easton Ellis and Tao Lin."

Nelson's 2011 novel Recovery Road was 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 published The City Wants You Alone, the third novel in the GIRL trilogy.

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

Bibliography

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

^ "Children's Literature Profile". Childrenslit.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ "Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson's Paranoid Park". NPR: Fresh Air. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
^ ^a ^b "Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio". Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ "Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson". Sched. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ Mynx, Maradoll (2010-03-04). "About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of "Girl". Bust.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ "Girl: Blake Nelson". The-write-stuff.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ Nelson, Blake (2 March 2008). "Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ "Google Translate". Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ 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.

External links

Blake Nelson at IMDb
- Girl at IMDb
- Paranoid Park at IMDb
- Recovery Road at Internet Movie Data Base
rookiemag.com interview
xojane.com interview
Dream School review, at nytimes.com
NPR: Fresh Air interview
Hairpin Interview at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2022)
Teenage Film Interview
Sadie Magazine Interview

[1] "Children's Literature Profile". Childrenslit.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[2] "Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson's Paranoid Park". NPR: Fresh Air. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-28.

[bio-3] "Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio". Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[4] "Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson". Sched. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[5] Mynx, Maradoll (2010-03-04). "About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of "Girl". Bust.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[6] "Girl: Blake Nelson". The-write-stuff.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[7] Nelson, Blake (2 March 2008). "Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[8] "Google Translate". Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[9] 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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-'''Blake Nelson''' <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625183/ Blake Nelson - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> is an American [[author]] of [[literature|adult]] and [[children's literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_nelson_blake.html |title=Children's Literature Profile |publisher=Childrenslit.com |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219052538/http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_nelson_blake.html |archivedate=2012-02-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89146284 |title=Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson's ''Paranoid Park'' |accessdate=2008-03-28 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2008-03-27  |publisher=[[NPR]]: [[Fresh Air]]}}</ref> He grew up in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], and attended [[Wesleyan University]] and [[New York University]].<ref name="bio" >{{cite web|url=http://blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com/p/bio.html |title=Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio |publisher=Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> He lives in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], in the [[Portland metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson|url=http://portlandfilmfestival2014.sched.org/speaker/blakenelson1|website=Sched|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>
+'''Blake Nelson''' is an American [[author]] of [[literature|adult]] and [[children's literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_nelson_blake.html |title=Children's Literature Profile |publisher=Childrenslit.com |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219052538/http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_nelson_blake.html |archivedate=2012-02-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89146284 |title=Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson's ''Paranoid Park'' |accessdate=2008-03-28 |last= |first= |authorlink= |date=2008-03-27  |publisher=[[NPR]]: [[Fresh Air]]}}</ref> He grew up in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], and attended [[Wesleyan University]] and [[New York University]].<ref name="bio" >{{cite web|url=http://blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com/p/bio.html |title=Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio |publisher=Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> He lives in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], in the [[Portland metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson|url=http://portlandfilmfestival2014.sched.org/speaker/blakenelson1|website=Sched|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>
 ==Biography==
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 Nelson began his career writing short humor pieces for ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' magazine in the mid-'90s.  These articles, with titles including "How to be an Expatriot" and "How to Live on $3600 a year", explored the [[slacker]] West Coast lifestyle.<ref name="bio"/>
-His first novel ''[[Girl (novel)|Girl]]'' was excerpted in ''[[Sassy (magazine)|Sassy]]''  in three successive issues.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mynx |first=Maradoll |url=http://www.bust.com/blog/2010/03/04/about-a-boy-blake-nelson-author-of-qgirlq.html |title=About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of &quot;Girl |publisher=Bust.com |date=2010-03-04 |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> The mail ''Sassy'' received in response was key to the eventual publication of ''Girl''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/reviews/girl.html |title=Girl: Blake Nelson |publisher=The-write-stuff.com.au |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317154326/http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/reviews/girl.html |archivedate=2012-03-17 }}</ref> ''Girl'' has since been published in eight foreign countries and made into a [[Girl (1998 film)|film of the same name]]. The novel was reissued as a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] novel by [[Simon & Schuster]] young adult [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] Simon Pulse in October 2007.
+His first novel ''[[Girl (Nelson novel)|Girl]]'' was excerpted in ''[[Sassy (magazine)|Sassy]]''  magazine in three successive issues.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mynx |first=Maradoll |url=http://www.bust.com/blog/2010/03/04/about-a-boy-blake-nelson-author-of-qgirlq.html |title=About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of &quot;Girl |publisher=Bust.com |date=2010-03-04 |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> The mail ''Sassy'' received in response was key to the eventual publication of ''Girl''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/reviews/girl.html |title=Girl: Blake Nelson |publisher=The-write-stuff.com.au |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317154326/http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/reviews/girl.html |archivedate=2012-03-17 }}</ref> ''Girl'' has since been published in eight foreign countries and made into a [[Girl (1998 film)|film of the same name]]. The novel was reissued as a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] novel by [[Simon & Schuster]] young adult [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] Simon Pulse in October 2007.
-Nelson's novel ''[[Paranoid Park (novel)|Paranoid Park]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/movies/02nels.html |title=Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question |newspaper=nytimes.com |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> was made into a [[Paranoid Park (film)|film of the same name]] by [[Gus Van Sant]].  The novel, about skateboarding teenagers, won the prestigious [[Grinzane Cavour Prize]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&u=http://www.lacompagniadellibro.tv2000.it/articolo.php%3Fid%3D167&oi=translate&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBlake%2BNelson%2522%2Band%2B%2522Grinzane%2522%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dv1h%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Do |title=Google Translate |publisher=Translate.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> The film won a special 60th Anniversary prize at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2007.
+Nelson's novel ''[[Paranoid Park (novel)|Paranoid Park]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/movies/02nels.html |title=Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question |newspaper=nytimes.com |date=2 March 2008 |accessdate=2012-03-23 |last1=Nelson |first1=Blake }}</ref> was made into a [[Paranoid Park (film)|film of the same name]] by [[Gus Van Sant]].  The novel, about skateboarding teenagers, won the prestigious [[Grinzane Cavour Prize]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&u=http://www.lacompagniadellibro.tv2000.it/articolo.php%3Fid%3D167&oi=translate&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBlake%2BNelson%2522%2Band%2B%2522Grinzane%2522%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dv1h%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Do |title=Google Translate |date= |accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> The film won a special 60th Anniversary prize at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2007.
 A sequel to his first novel ''Girl'', ''Dream School'' was released in December 2011 and follows the protagonist, Andrea Marr, to Wellington College, an eastern liberal-arts college modeled on Wesleyan, Nelson's ''alma mater''.<ref>[http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/the-stuff-that-dream-school-is-made-of/ 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.</ref>  The [[The Stranger (newspaper)|Seattle ''Stranger'']] called the ''Girl/Dream School'' series "The missing link between [[Bret Easton Ellis]] and [[Tao Lin]]."
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 Nelson's 2011 novel ''[[Recovery Road]]'' was 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 published ''The City Wants You Alone'', the third novel in the GIRL trilogy.
-His latest adult novel ''The Red Pill'' (2019) describes how a liberal forty-year-old advertising executive is slowly sucked into alt-right circles after accepting dating advice from his conservative brother in law.
-Blake Nelson has also contributed essays and non-fiction to ''The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post'' and ''Conde Naste Traveler.''
+Blake Nelson has also contributed poetry, essays and non-fiction to ''The New York Times, The Quarterly (Gordon Lish), The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post'' and ''Conde Nast Traveler.''
 ==Bibliography==
-* ''[[Girl (novel)|Girl]]'', Simon & Schuster, 1994, (reissue 2007,2016)
+* ''[[Girl (Nelson novel)|Girl]]'', Simon & Schuster, 1994, (reissue 2007,2016)
 * ''Exile'', Scribners, 1997
 * ''User'', Versus Press, 2001
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 * ''Dream School (GIRL #2)'', Figment, 2011
 * ''[[The Prince of Venice Beach]]'', Little Brown, 2014
-* ''The City Wants You Alone (GIRL #3)'', Amazon Kindle, 2015
 * ''Boy'', Simon & Schuster, 2017
-* ''Phoebe Will Destroy You'', Simon & Schuster, 2018
+* ''Phoebe Will Destroy You'', Simon & Schuster, 2019
-* ''The Red Pill'', Bombardier Books, 2019
+* ''The City Wants You Alone (GIRL #3)'' Girl Noise Press 2023
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* {{Official website|http://www.blakenelsonbooks.com/}}
 *{{IMDb name|0625183}}
 **{{IMDb title|id=0138467|title=Girl}}
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 *''Dream School'' review, at [http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/blake-nelson/ nytimes.com]
 *[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89146284 NPR: Fresh Air interview]
-*[http://www.thehairpin.com/2012/03/girl-author-blake-nelson-on-ya-fiction-and-lana-del-rey Hairpin Interview]
+*{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317203343/https://www.thehairpin.com/2012/03/girl-author-blake-nelson-on-ya-fiction-and-lana-del-rey/|title=Hairpin Interview|date=March 17, 2022}}
 *[http://www.teenagefilm.com/archives/izzy-says/dream-interview-with-blake-nelson Teenage Film Interview]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170818172632/http://sadiemagazine.com/past-issues/issue-no-10/centerfold/chatting-with-the-boy-who-wrote-girl Sadie Magazine Interview]
-*[http://soundcloud.com/thelarslarsonshow/blake-nelson-why-are-people-protesting-your-book Lars Larson Interview]
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 [[Category:Screenwriters from Oregon]]
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+[[Category:Substack writers]]

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