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.[4]
His first novel Girl was excerpted in Sassy magazine 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.
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.[10] 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).
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.
^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.
blake, nelson, american, author, adult, children, literature, grew, portland, oregon, attended, wesleyan, university, york, university, lives, hillsboro, oregon, portland, metropolitan, area, bornportland, oregonnationalityamericanalma, materwesleyan, universi. 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 Blake NelsonBornPortland OregonNationalityAmericanAlma materWesleyan UniversityNew York UniversityJesuit High School Portland Notable worksGirlParanoid ParkRecovery Road Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditNelson 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 4 His first novel Girl was excerpted in Sassy magazine 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 amp 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 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 10 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 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 EditGirl Simon amp 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 amp Schuster 2017 Phoebe Will Destroy You Simon amp Schuster 2019References Edit Blake Nelson IMDb 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 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 EditBlake 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 Teenage Film Interview Sadie Magazine Interview Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blake Nelson amp oldid 1147712631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
