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Gabrielle Zevin

ガブリエル・ゼヴィン

Gaberieru Zevin

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1977-10-24 (New York City, New York)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New York City → Boca Raton, Florida → Manhattan → Los Angeles

Career

Occupations
Author, Screenwriter
Active Years
2002-
Nominations
Goodreads Choice Award 2014 (The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry), Goodreads Choice Award 2017 (Young Jane Young), Quill Award 2006 (Elsewhere), Independent Spirit Award 2007 (Conversations with Other Women)

Education

Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / English Department, American Literature concentration
Country: United States
Studied English with a concentration in American Literature

Awards

Goodreads Choice Award
2022
Work: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Category: Fiction
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Won
James Tiptree Jr. Award
2005
Work: Margarettown
Result: Longlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Elsewhere

2005 Young Adult Fiction

A young adult novel about a girl in the afterlife.

AfterlifeComing of ageFamily

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

2014 Fiction

A bookseller's life transformed by stories.

BooksLoveLoss
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022)

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

2022 Fiction

Friendship between video game developers.

FriendshipVideo gamesCreativity

Bibliography

  • Margarettown (2005)
  • The Hole We're In (2010)
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2014)
  • Young Jane Young (2017)
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022)
  • Elsewhere (2005)
  • Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2007)
  • Birthright series (2011-2013)

Adaptations

  • Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac → Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita (2010, Japanese film)

Translations of Works

  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry translated into over 30 languages
  • Elsewhere translated into over 25 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
WittyRomantic whimsyStory-driven
Recurring Motifs
Books and readingHuman relationshipsIdentity

Legacy

Acclaimed American author known for bestsellers, especially her novel on video games.

In Popular Culture

  • Works adapted into films

Trivia

  • Father has Russian-Polish-Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, mother Korean immigrant.
  • Partnered with Hans Canosa.