David Gordon (novelist)

David Gordon
Born 1967 (age 50–51)
New York City, United States
Occupation Novelist
Notable works The Serialist

David Gordon (born 1967) is an American novelist.

He initially worked as a writer and editor for adult magazines Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 1990s before moving on to write novels.[1]

His debut novel, The Serialist, won the 2011 First Novelist Award[2] and was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Its translation into Japanese by Aoki Chizuru [3] as Niryū Shōsetsuka (二流小説家), lit. "Second-Rate Novelist" became a major hit,[4] winning three literary contests and being turned into a full-length motion film by Toei, directed by Izaki Nobuaki and starring Kamikawa Takaya.[5][6]

Works

  • The Serialist (2010) ( ISBN 1439158487)
  • Mystery Girl (2013) ( ISBN 0544028589)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Hi! I am David Gordon". Reddit. January 12, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2017. I worked as a writer and editor at Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 90s.
  2. ↑ Batten, Tom (10 January 2013). "The First Novel: David Gordon and "The Serialist"". VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hi! I am David Gordon". Reddit. January 12, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2017. Someone here kindly found my Japanese translators correctly spelled phonetic name: Aoki Chizuru, I salute you!
  4. ↑ Gordon, David (10 January 2014). "Big in Japan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ↑ 島村幸恵 (24 January 2013). "上川隆也、売れない官能小説家役で映画初主演！米傑作ミステリー映画化". Cinematoday.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2656120/combined


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