Editing John Irving (section)

==Other projects==
[[Image:JohnIrving1989.jpg|thumb|Irving in the Netherlands (1989)]]
Before the publication of ''Garp'' made him independently wealthy, Irving sporadically accepted short-term teaching positions (including one at his ''alma mater'', the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]]). He also served as an assistant coach on his sons' high school wrestling teams until he was 47 years old. Irving was inducted into the [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|National Wrestling Hall of Fame]] as an Outstanding American in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article6877022.ece |title=The world according to John Irving |date=October 18, 2009 |author=Ariel Leve |work=TimesOnline |access-date=November 4, 2009 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/bio.php?id=128 |title=National Wrestling Hall of Fame |access-date=November 4, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In addition to his novels, he has also published ''[[Trying to Save Piggy Sneed]]'' (1996), a collection of his writings including a brief memoir and unpublished short fiction, ''My Movie Business'', an account of the protracted process of bringing ''The Cider House Rules'' to the big screen, and ''The Imaginary Girlfriend'', a short memoir focusing on writing and wrestling. In 2000, Irving revealed that he and Tod "Kip" Williams were co-writing a screenplay for an adaptation of the novel ''A Widow for One Year'' (1998). This adaptation became ''[[The Door in the Floor]]'', starring [[Jeff Bridges]] and [[Kim Basinger]], released in 2004, directed by Williams.

In 2002, his four most highly regarded novels, ''The World According to Garp'', ''The Cider House Rules'', ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'', and ''A Widow for One Year'', were published in [[Modern Library]] editions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/1734019-a-prayer-for-owen-meany | title=Editions of A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving | publisher=goodreads.com | access-date=9 April 2019 | archive-date=September 22, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922044019/http://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/1734019-a-prayer-for-owen-meany | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Owen Meany'' was adapted into the 1998 film ''[[Simon Birch]]'' (Irving required that the title and character names be changed because the screenplay's story was "markedly different" from that of the novel; Irving is on record as having enjoyed the film, however<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/2053|title=John Irving's personal thoughts on Simon Birch|date=September 7, 1998|access-date=November 6, 2009|archive-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929213908/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/2053|url-status=live}}<!-- see also "Book to movie the trickiest art", Judy Stoffman, Toronto Star 1998-09-02 --></ref>).

In 2005, Irving received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2005 |title=2005 Summit Highlights Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |quote=Author John Irving with Dr. Bernard Kouchner, founder of Doctors Without Borders and a Nobel Prize laureate. |access-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119062513/https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2005 |title=John Irving Biography and Interview |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/john-irving/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119061006/https://achievement.org/achiever/john-irving/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a ''[[New York Magazine]]'' interview in 2009, Irving stated that he had begun work on a new novel, his 13th, based in part on a speech from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard II (Shakespeare)|Richard II]].'' [[Simon & Schuster]] published the novel, titled ''[[In One Person]]'' (2012), taking over from Random House. ''In One Person'' has a first-person viewpoint, Irving's first such narrative since ''A Prayer for Owen Meany'' (Irving decided to change the first-person perspective of ''Until I Find You'' to third person less than a year before publication).<ref name="While Excavating Past"/> ''In One Person'' features a 60-year-old, bisexual protagonist named William, looking back on his life in the 1950s and '60s. The novel shares a similar theme and concern with ''The World According to Garp'', the latter being in part about "people who hate you for your sexual differences," said Irving.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/10/22/john-irving-lecture/|title=Novelist Irving Brings Humor to Morris Gray Lecture {{!}} Arts {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11|archive-date=August 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831211818/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/10/22/john-irving-lecture/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He won a [[Lambda Literary Award]] in 2013 in the Bisexual Fiction category for ''In One Person'', and was also awarded the organization's Bridge Builder Award to honor him as an ally of the [[LGBT]] community.<ref>[http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610062409/http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |date=June 10, 2013 }}. ''LGBT Weekly'', June 4, 2013.</ref>

On June 10, 2013, Irving announced his next novel, his 14th, titled ''[[Avenue of Mysteries]]'', named after a street in [[Mexico City]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/JohnIrvingAuthor?fref=ts |title=John Irving's Facebook Page |website=[[Facebook]] |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2013}}</ref> In an interview the previous year, he had revealed the last line of the book: "Not every collision course comes as a surprise."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/books/Author+makes+rare+Canadian+stop+tour/6676941/story.html |title = John Irving visits Cap U as part of tour for new novel In One Person |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908122608/http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/books/Author+makes+rare+Canadian+stop+tour/6676941/story.html |archive-date = September 8, 2012 |url-status = dead |access-date = May 27, 2012 }}</ref>

On December 19, 2014, Irving posted a message on the Facebook page devoted to him and his work that he had "finished 'Avenue of Mysteries.' It is a shorter novel for me, comparable in length to 'In One Person.'"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JohnIrvingAuthor/posts/890492960974081 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/268201959869854/890492960974081 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=John Irving|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Simon & Schuster published the book in November, 2015.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/avenueofmysterie0000irvi|title=Avenue of Mysteries|last=Irving|first=John|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2015|isbn=9781451664164|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=903473905|url-access=registration}}</ref>

On November 3, 2015, Irving revealed that he'd been approached by [[HBO]] and [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]] to reconstruct ''The World According to Garp'' as a [[miniseries]]. He described the project as being in the early stages.<ref name="Kevin Haynes">{{cite news|url=http://www.purpleclover.com/blog/5572-garp/|title=John Irving novel to become an HBO miniseries|work=Purple Clover|author=Kevin Haynes|date=November 4, 2015|access-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107021212/http://www.purpleclover.com/blog/5572-garp/|archive-date=November 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the byline of a self-penned, February 20, 2017, essay for [[The Hollywood Reporter]], Irving had completed his teleplay for the five-part series based on ''The World According to Garp'' and was working on his fifteenth novel.

On June 28, 2017, Irving revealed in a long letter to fans on Facebook that his new novel was primarily a ghost story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JohnIrvingAuthor/posts/1552604728096231 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/268201959869854/1552604728096231 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=John Irving|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11}}{{cbignore}}</ref> "...I have a history of being interested in ghosts. And here come the ghosts again. In my new novel, my fifteenth, the ghosts are more prominent than before; the novel begins and ends with them. Like ''A Widow for One Year'', this novel is constructed as a play in three acts. I'm calling Act I 'Early Signs.' I began writing it on New Year's Eve—not a bad night to start a ghost story."

In an interview with Mike Kilen for ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'', published on October 26, 2017, Irving revealed that the title of his novel-in-progress was "Darkness As a Bride."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2017/10/26/john-irving-friendship-with-dan-gable-could-produce-movie/776352001/|title=What author John Irving has learned from Dan Gable and why it could become a movie|work=Des Moines Register|access-date=2017-11-11|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The title was taken from Shakespeare's play, ''[[Measure for Measure]]:'' "If I must die, / I will encounter darkness as a bride, / and hug it in mine arms." He later changed the title to ''[https://john-irving.com/the-last-chairlift-by-john-irving/ The Last Chairlift] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229090401/https://john-irving.com/the-last-chairlift-by-john-irving/ |date=February 29, 2024 }}''. The novel was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2022.

Irving received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]] gala on October 28, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/232f9d2aef9642d5a3ed0a5bf282d02c|title=APNewsBreak: Author John Irving wins literary peace award|work=AP News|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233530/https://apnews.com/232f9d2aef9642d5a3ed0a5bf282d02c|archive-date=July 19, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>