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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 |publisher=nytimes.com |date= |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 |publisher=nytimes.com |date= |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.
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]]."

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).
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).


Revision as of 17:57, 3 July 2019

Blake Nelson
Born (1965-08-31) August 31, 1965 (age 59)
Portland, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWesleyan University
New York University
Notable worksGirl
Paranoid Park
Recovery Road
Website
www.blakenelsonbooks.com

Blake Nelson [1] is an American author of adult and children's literature.[2][3] He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Wesleyan University and New York University.[4] He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area.[5]

Biography

Nelson began his career writing short humor pieces for Details magazine in the mid-'90s. These articles, with titles including "How to Date a Feminist" and "How to Live on $3600 a year", explored the slacker West Coast lifestyle.[4]

His first novel Girl was excerpted in Sassy in three successive issues.[6] The mail Sassy received in response was key to the eventual publication of Girl.[7] 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[8] 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.[9] The film won a special 60th Anniversary prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

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).

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.

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
  • The City Wants You Alone (GIRL #3), Amazon Kindle, 2015
  • Boy, Simon & Schuster, 2017
  • Phoebe Will Destroy You, Simon & Schuster, 2018
  • The Red Pill, Bombardier Books, 2019

References

  1. ^ Blake Nelson - IMDb
  2. ^ "Children's Literature Profile". Childrenslit.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Interviews:Violence, and Silence, in Nelson's Paranoid Park". NPR: Fresh Air. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Blake Nelson Teen Novelist: Bio". Blakenelsonteennovelist.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  5. ^ "Portland Film Festival 2014 Schedule: Blake Nelson". Sched. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ Mynx, Maradoll (2010-03-04). "About a Boy: Blake Nelson, Author of "Girl". Bust.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  7. ^ "Girl: Blake Nelson". The-write-stuff.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard - Question". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  9. ^ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
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