Editing Nick Hornby (section)

==Personal life==
Hornby has been married twice. He and his first wife have one son, born in 1993, who is autistic.<ref>{{cite news|first=Matt|last= Seaton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/nov/08/fiction.nickhornby |title=Nick Hornby on his autistic son &#124; Books |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 November 2000 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> Hornby's second wife is producer [[Amanda Posey]]. They separated in 2021. They have two sons, born in 2001 and 2004. Hornby's sister, writer Gill Hornby, is married to writer [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]].<ref>Hornby, Nick (2006), ''The Polysyllabic Spree'', Viking. {{ISBN|978-0-670-91666-5}}.</ref>

Nick Hornby was directly involved in the creation of the charity [[Ambitious about Autism]], then known as TreeHouse Trust, and its school [[TreeHouse School]], as a result of trying to find specialist education for his son Danny.  Hornby remains a major donor to the charity and is still involved as a vice-president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/page/who_we_are/aaa_people/presidents.cfm |title=President and Vice Presidents |publisher=Ambitious about Autism |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2010, Nick Hornby co-founded [[Ministry of Stories]], a writing charity based in Hoxton, east London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/18/nick-hornby-ministry-stories|title=Nick Hornby opens Ministry of Stories to get Britain's kids writing again|last=Stratton|first=Allegra|date=18 November 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> The charity was inspired by [[Dave Eggers]]' [[826 Valencia]] model in San Francisco and aims to offer young people a chance to develop writing and literacy skills and develop a love of writing for pleasure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturehive.co.uk/resources/ministry-of-stories-business-model-case-study/|title=Ministry of Stories Business Model Case Study {{!}} CultureHive|website=www.culturehive.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>

Hornby supports [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='I hoped fans would recognise themselves in it' - Why Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch remains as popular as ever {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/nick-hornby-fever-pitch-popular-as-ever/blteb3618c00facd29c |first=Charles |last=Watts|date=20 May 2022|access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.goal.com}}</ref>