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

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. His 2008

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, '' The Silver Linings Playbook'', became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring

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

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

and an MFA from

Goddard College Goddard College was a Private college, private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle. The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor ins ...

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

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to write his first novel. Quick lived in

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for several years; he and his wife, novelist and pianist Alicia Bessette, 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 *'' The Silver Linings Playbook'' (2008) , *'' Sorta Like a Rockstar'' (2010) – YA , *''Boy21'' (2012) – YA , *'' Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock'' (2013) – YA *'' The Good Luck of Right Now'' (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''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quick, Matthew 1973 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American young adult novelists Collingswood High School alumni Goddard College alumni La Salle University alumni People from Collingswood, New Jersey Writers from Camden, New Jersey American male novelists People from Oaklyn, New Jersey 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New Jersey