*Nick Hornby is the author of seven other bestselling novels, including High Fidelity *, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, as well as several works of nonfiction. Many of his books have been turned into successful films and TV series. He has been Oscar-nominated twice, for his screenplays of An Educ...

*Nick Hornby is the author of seven other bestselling novels, including High Fidelity *, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, as well as several works of nonfiction. Many of his books have been turned into successful films and TV series. He has been Oscar-nominated twice, for his screenplays of An Education and * Brooklyn.His ten-part, short-form TV series, S tate of the Union *, directed by Stephen Frears, has recently been broadcast by the Sundance Channel and the BBC, and has won three Emmys. He lives in London.