Goodreads Choice Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2022) Winner
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
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | English Department, American Literature concentration | — | — | United States |
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
/ English Department, American Literature concentration
Country:
United States
Studied English with a concentration in American Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Goodreads Choice Award | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Fiction | Goodreads | Won |
| 2005 | James Tiptree Jr. Award | Margarettown | — | — | Longlisted |
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 FictionA young adult novel about a girl in the afterlife.
AfterlifeComing of ageFamily
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
2014 FictionA bookseller's life transformed by stories.
BooksLoveLoss
Adaptations
- [Film] The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
2022 FictionFriendship 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.