Early life and education
Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, the son of Sir Derek Hornby, the chairman ofCareer
Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American writers such asScreenwriting
Hornby has also developed a career as a screenwriter, and has said that he enjoys the challenge of working in film as opposed to writing novels. In his BAFTA andAdaptations
Film
Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of ''Stage
''High Fidelity'' was also the basis for a 2006 eponymous musical that shifted the action toTelevision
'' About a Boy'' was adapted for television and aired on NBC from 22 February 2014 to 17 February 2015. The show was developed by Jason Katims and it is the second adaptation based on the 1998 novel. The series stars David Walton,Music
The importance of music in Hornby's novels, and in his life, is evidenced by his long-standing and fruitful collaborations with the rock band Marah, fronted by Dave and Serge Bielanko. Hornby has even toured in the United States and Europe with the band, joining them on stage to read his essays about particular moments and performers in his own musical history that have had a particular meaning for him. Nick Hornby is not related to eitherPersonal life
Hornby has been married twice. He and his first wife have one son, born in 1993, who has autism. Hornby's second wife is producerAwards and honours
*1993Bibliography
Novels
*(1995) '' High Fidelity'' *(1998) '' About a Boy'' *(2001) '' How to Be Good'' *(2005) '' A Long Way Down'' *(2007) ''Short stories
*(1998) "Faith" *(2000) "Nipple Jesus" *(2005) "Not a Star" *(2005) "Small Country" *(2005) "Otherwise Pandemonium" *(2012) "Everyone's Reading Bastard"Non-fiction
;Books * (1992) ''Contemporary American Fiction'' * (1992) ''Anthologies edited
* (1993) ''My Favourite Year: A Collection of Football Writing'' * (1996) ''The Picador Book of Sportswriting'' * (2000) ''Screenplays
;Film * (1997) ''Film adaptations
* 1997 ''References
Further reading
* "Inarticulate Expression of Love" adio transcript 2008. In ''Talking to Kinky and Karlheinz – 170 musicians get vocal on The Music Show'' ed. Anni Heino, 186–193. Sydney: ABC Books. . * * "Nick Hornby, ''Fever Pitch''". 2008. In Nick Bentley, Contemporary British Fiction, 117–124. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. .External links