Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and

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. His

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, ''

The Silver Linings Playbook ''The Silver Linings Playbook'' is a 2008 debut novel of American author Matthew Quick. Plot The book is narrated through the eyes of Pat Peoples, and occasionally Tiffany's through letters. A former history teacher who has moved back to his ...

'', became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring

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, with

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, and

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. Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, ''Boy 21'', was reviewed favorably by ''

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''. Quick was a finalist for the

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100 most influential people of 2013.

Personal life

Quick grew up in Oaklyn, New Jersey and graduated from

Collingswood High School Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the sole secondary school of Colling ...

. He has a degree in English literature and secondary education from

La Salle University La Salle University () is a private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. History L ...

and an MFA from

Goddard College Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...

. Quick taught high school literature in southern New Jersey for several years, before leaving his job as a tenured English teacher in

Haddonfield, New Jersey :''Not the fictional Illinois town from the Halloween film series.'' Haddonfield is a borough located in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 11,593,

to write his first novel. Quick lived in

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for several years; he and his wife, novelist and pianist

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, now live on the

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. He received an

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of Humane Letters from La Salle in 2013.

Works

Source: Fiction Database *We Are The Light (2022) ISBN 978-1668005422, *''

'' (2008) , *'' Sorta Like a Rockstar'' (2010) – YA , *''Boy21'' (2012) – YA , *''

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock ''Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock'' is a novel written by Matthew Quick about a 17-year-old high school senior named Leonard Peacock who plans to shoot Asher Beal, his former best friend, and then subsequently kill himself, on his birthday. Film ...

'' (2013) – YA *''

The Good Luck of Right Now ''The Good Luck of Right Now'' is a novel written by Matthew Quick. Film adaptation On January 15, 2014, it was announced that after the success of ''The Silver Linings Playbook'' adaptation, the upcoming novel would be adapting into the feat ...

'' (2014) *''Love May Fail'' (2015) , *''Every Exquisite Thing'' (2016) – YA *''The Reason You're Alive'' (2017) *''We Are the Light'' (2022)

Film adaptations

*'' Silver Linings Playbook (2012)'' *'' All Together Now (2020)''

References

External links

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Review, ''The Good Luck of Right Now''
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