David Gordon (novelist) explained

David Gordon (born 1967) is an American novelist.

Biography

Gordon 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 Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. Its translation into Japanese by Aoki Chizuru^[3] as, 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). .
• Mystery Girl (2013). .
• White Tiger on Snow Mountain: Stories (2014). .
• The Bouncer (2018). .
• The Hard Stuff (2019). .
• Against the Law (2021). .
• The Wild Life (2022). .

Articles

• [Letter from SoHo] The Forty-Year Rehearsal – The Wooster Group’s endless work in progress ]. . January 2020 . 340 . 2036 . 53-64 . 21 August 2022 . Harper's Magazine Foundation . New York, NY, US . 0017-789X.

External links

• David Gordon, official blog
• David Gordon, publisher's author page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hi! I am David Gordon. I worked as a writer and editor at Hustler, Chic and Barely Legal in the 90s. . January 12, 2014 . . March 30, 2017.
2. News: The First Novel: David Gordon and "The Serialist". Batten. Tom. 10 January 2013. VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. en-US. 15 October 2016.
3. Web site: Hi! I am David Gordon. January 12, 2014. Reddit. "Someone here kindly found my Japanese translators correctly spelled phonetic name: Aoki Chizuru, I salute you!". March 30, 2017.
4. News: Big in Japan. Gordon. David. 10 January 2014. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 15 October 2016.
5. Web site: 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. 24 January 2013. Cinematoday.jp. ja. 島村幸恵. 5 April 2014.
6. Web site: The Serialist (2013) - IMDb.