Editing Nick Hornby

{{Short description|English writer (born 1957)}}
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| name             = Nick Hornby
| caption          = Hornby in 2009
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1957|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Redhill, Surrey]], England
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| occupation       = Writer, editor, screenwriter
| notablework      = ''[[High Fidelity (novel)|High Fidelity]]''<br>''[[About a Boy (novel)|About a Boy]]''
| period           = 1992–present
| genre            = [[Fiction]], [[non-fiction]]
| relatives        = [[Derek Hornby]] (father) <br/> [[Johnny Hornby]] (half-brother) <br/> [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]] (brother-in-law)
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| alma_mater       = [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Amanda Posey]]||2021|end=separated}}
| children         = 3
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'''Nicholas Peter John Hornby'''<ref name=telgref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyhistory/3355596/Family-detective-Nick-Hornby.html |title=Family detective: Nick Hornby |first=Nick|last=Barratt|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=26 January 2008|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1674819/Nick-Hornby|title=Nick Hornby (British writer)|first=Melissa|last= Albert|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date =4 October 2014}}</ref> (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir ''[[Fever Pitch]]'' (1992) and novels ''[[High Fidelity (novel)|High Fidelity]]'' and ''[[About a Boy (novel)|About a Boy]]'', all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fest.englishpen.org/nick-hornby|title=Nick Hornby • First Editions Second Thoughts • English Pen|website=fest.englishpen.org|access-date=28 September 2016|archive-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918221613/http://fest.englishpen.org/nick-hornby|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2004 poll for the [[BBC]], Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]].<ref>{{cite news|title=iPod designer leads culture list|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3481599.stm|agency=BBC|date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=iPod's low-profile creator tops cultural chart|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ipods-low-profile-creator-tops-cultural-chart-68924.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ipods-low-profile-creator-tops-cultural-chart-68924.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=18 March 2017}}</ref> He has received two [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] nominations for ''[[An Education (film)|An Education]]'' (2009), and ''[[Brooklyn (2015 film)|Brooklyn]]'' (2015).

==Early life and education==
Hornby was born in [[Redhill, Surrey]], the son of [[Derek Hornby|Sir Derek Hornby]], the chairman of [[London and Continental Railways]], and Margaret Audrey Withers.<ref name=telgref1/><ref>{{cite news|first=David |last=Brewerton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/05/sir-derek-hornby |title=Sir Derek Hornby obituary &#124; Business |newspaper=The Guardian |date=5 January 2014 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> He was brought up in [[Maidenhead]], and educated at [[Maidenhead Grammar School]] and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], where he read [[English studies|English]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Hornby's Official Website - Biography |url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/nickhornby/aboutnick/index.html |access-date=16 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029220355/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/nickhornby/aboutnick/index.html |archive-date=29 October 2011 |date=29 October 2011}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was eleven.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/nick-hornby-my-kids-think-the-world-is-fucked/ | title=Nick Hornby: 'My kids think the world is fucked' | date=20 December 2020 }}</ref>

Before becoming a novelist, Hornby worked for a time as a [[Secondary school|secondary-school]] English teacher.

==Career==
Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American writers such as [[Tobias Wolff]] and [[Ann Beattie]], titled ''Contemporary American Fiction''. Hornby's second book, ''[[Fever Pitch]]'', also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for [[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>  As a result, Hornby received the [[William Hill Sports Book of the Year|William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award]].  In 1997, the memoir was adapted for [[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|film in the UK]], and in 2005 an [[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|American remake]] was released, following [[Jimmy Fallon]]'s character's obsession with the [[Boston Red Sox]], a baseball team.  With the book's success, Hornby began to publish articles in the ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]'', ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' and the ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]'', in addition to his music reviews for the ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]''.

''[[High Fidelity (novel)|High Fidelity]]'' — his third book and first novel — was published in 1995. The novel, about a neurotic record collector and his failed relationships, was adapted into a [[High Fidelity (film)|2000 American film]] starring [[John Cusack]], a [[High Fidelity (musical)|Broadway musical]] in 2006, and a television show ''[[High Fidelity (TV series)|High Fidelity]]'' starring [[Zoë Kravitz]] in 2020.

His second novel, ''[[About a Boy (novel)|About a Boy]]'', published in 1998, is about two "boys" — Marcus, an awkward yet endearing adolescent from a single-parent family, and the free-floating, mid-30s Will Freeman, who overcomes his own immaturity and self-centredness through his growing relationship with Marcus.  [[Hugh Grant]] and [[Nicholas Hoult]] starred in the [[About a Boy (film)|2002 film version]].  In 1999, Hornby received the [[E. M. Forster Award]] of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]].

Hornby's next novel, ''[[How to Be Good]]'', was published in 2001. The female protagonist in the novel explores contemporary morals, marriage and parenthood. It was longlisted for the [[Man Booker Prize]] in 2001 and won the [[W.H. Smith Literary Award|W.H. Smith Award for Fiction]] in 2002.

Part of the money he earned with his next book, ''[[Speaking with the Angel]]'' in 2002, was donated to [[TreeHouse (charity)|TreeHouse]], a charity for autistic children: Hornby's own son is autistic. He was editor of the book, which contained twelve short stories written by his friends. He also contributed to the collection with the story "NippleJesus".<ref>{{cite web|author=Interview |url=http://www.failbetter.com/09/HornbyInterview.php |title=f a i l b e t t e r . c o m |website=Failbetter.com |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2003, Hornby wrote a collection of essays on selected popular songs and the emotional resonance they carry, called ''[[Songbook (Nick Hornby book)|31 Songs]]'' (known in the US as ''Songbook''). Also in 2003, Hornby was awarded the London Award 2003, an award that was selected by fellow writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3305129.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Hornby wins London literary award |work=BBC News |date=10 December 2003 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

Hornby has also written essays on various aspects of popular culture and, in particular, he has become known for his writing on pop music and [[mix tape]] enthusiasts. Since 2003, he has written a book review column, "Stuff I've Been Reading", for the monthly magazine ''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]''; all of these articles are collected between ''[[The Polysyllabic Spree]]'' (2004), ''[[Housekeeping vs. The Dirt]]'' (2006), ''[[Shakespeare Wrote for Money]]'' (2008), and ''More Baths Less Talking'' (2012).

Hornby's novel ''[[A Long Way Down]]'' was published in 2005, with [[A Long Way Down (film)|a film version of this book]] released in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458413/|title=A Long Way Down (2014)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> It was on the shortlist for the [[Whitbread Novel Award]]. Hornby has also edited two sports-related anthologies: ''My Favourite Year'' and ''The Picador Book of Sports Writing''.

Hornby's book ''[[Slam (novel)|Slam]]'' was published on 16 October 2007; it is his first novel for young adults and was recognised as a 2008 [[ALA Best Books for Young Adults]]. The protagonist of ''[[Slam (novel)|Slam]]'' is a 16-year-old skateboarder named Sam, whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant.
[[File:Nick Hornby 05.jpg|thumb|Hornby at a public reading at Central Library in Seattle, 2009]]
Hornby's following novel, titled ''[[Juliet, Naked]]'', was published in September 2009. Addressing similar themes as his earlier novel ''High Fidelity'', the book is about a reclusive 1980s rock star who is forced out of isolation, after the release of demo recordings of the songs on his most famous album brings him into contact with some of his most passionate fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/dec/30/best-books-2009 |title=What not to miss in 2009: books &#124; Books |newspaper=The Guardian |author-link=Claire Armitstead|first=Claire|last=Armitstead|date=30 September 2015 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2010, Hornby co-founded the [[Ministry of Stories]], a non-profit organisation in East London dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.<ref name=stratton>{{cite news|first=Allegra | last=Stratton |title=Nick Hornby opens Ministry of Stories to get Britain's kids writing again|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/18/nick-hornby-ministry-stories|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 November 2010|access-date=24 March 2013}}</ref>

Hornby discussed his bouts of depression in 2012 on the BBC Radio 4 broadcast of "Fever Pitched: Twenty Years On".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cvkc1/Fever_Pitched_Twenty_Years_On/ |title=BBC Radio 4 - Fever Pitched: Twenty Years On |publisher=BBC |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

Hornby's most recent novels are ''[[Funny Girl (novel)|Funny Girl]]'' (2014), about a 1960s beauty queen determined to make her mark upon television comedy, ''State of the Union'' (2019) and ''Just Like You'' (2020).

===Screenwriting===
Hornby has also developed a career as a screenwriter, and has said that he enjoys the challenge of working in film as opposed to writing novels. In his [[BAFTA]] and [[British Film Institute|BFI]] Screenwriters' Lecture he said: "once you get to a certain point in your novelistic career, unless you screw up very badly the book is going to come out. With a screenplay there are all these hurdles that seem to have some kind of objectivity to them. The screenplay has to work and I love that."<ref name=guru>{{cite web | url = http://guru.bafta.org/nick-hornby-screenwriters-lecture | title = Nick Hornby: Screenwriters' Lecture | date = 23 September 2015 | website = BAFTA Guru}}</ref>

In 2009, Hornby adapted an autobiographical memoir by the journalist [[Lynn Barber]] for the screen as ''[[An Education]]'', a feature film starring [[Peter Sarsgaard]] and [[Carey Mulligan]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Hornby|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6388191/Nick-Hornby-on-An-Education.html |title=Nick Hornby on An Education|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=23 October 2009}}</ref> He was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] and for two [[BAFTA]]s.

In 2014, Hornby adapted another autobiographical memoir, [[Cheryl Strayed]]'s ''[[Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail]]''. ''[[Wild (2014 film)|Wild]]'', which starred [[Reese Witherspoon]] and [[Laura Dern]], was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for Witherspoon and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Dern. Speaking on the challenge of adapting such a packed book, Hornby said it was really a case of boiling everything down and making the realisation that he could have made a two-hour film without mentioning walking at all.<ref name=guru/>

In 2015, he wrote the script for the film ''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]'', an adaptation of [[Colm Tóibín]]'s novel [[Brooklyn (novel)|of the same name]]. Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' said it was "his strongest work ever as a screenwriter".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robey|first1=Tim|title=Brooklyn review: 'pulse-quickeningly good'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/brooklyn/review/|access-date=11 November 2015|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 November 2015}}</ref> According to Metacritic, the film is on eighty "top 10" lists for 2015.<ref name="Metacritic for Brooklyn">{{cite web|last1=Dietz|first1=Jason|title=Best of 2015: Film Critic Top Ten Lists|url=http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2015|website=Metacritic|access-date=3 January 2016|date=6 December 2015|archive-date=10 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210190401/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was nominated for his second [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for writing the screenplay and received two BAFTA nominations, winning one.

In 2016, Hornby adapted Nina Stibbe's book ''Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life'' into a television series. ''[[Love, Nina]]'' received its debut on BBC One on 20 May 2016, and ran for five episodes.<ref>{{Citation|title=Love, Nina|date=20 May 2016|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4835514/combined|access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
===Film===
Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]'', starring [[Colin Firth]]. It was followed by ''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' in 2000, starring [[John Cusack]], with the action shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring [[Hugh Grant]]. An [[Americanized]] ''[[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|Fever Pitch]]'', in which [[Jimmy Fallon]] plays a hopelessly addicted [[Boston Red Sox]] fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend ([[Drew Barrymore]]), was released in 2005. [[Johnny Depp]] purchased film rights to the book ''[[A Long Way Down]]'' before it was published. The book was made into the 2014 film of the same name starring [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Aaron Paul]], [[Toni Collette]] and [[Imogen Poots]]. The film adaptation of ''[[Juliet, Naked]]'' was released in 2018 starring [[Rose Byrne]], [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Chris O'Dowd]].

===Stage===
''High Fidelity'' was also the basis for a 2006 [[High Fidelity (musical)|eponymous musical]] that shifted the action to [[Brooklyn]]; its book is by [[David Lindsay-Abaire]] with lyrics by [[Amanda Green]], and music created by [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]]. The production ran for a month in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], then moved to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], closing after 18 previews and 14 regular performances.

===Television===
''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'' was adapted for television and aired on NBC from 22 February 2014 to 17 February 2015. The show was developed by Jason Katims and it is the second adaptation based on the 1998 novel. The series stars David Walton, [[Minnie Driver]] and Benjamin Stockham.

[[Hulu]] premiered a 10-episode reboot of ''[[High Fidelity (TV series)|High Fidelity]]'' starring [[Zoë Kravitz]] on 14 February 2020.

==Music==
The importance of music in Hornby's novels, and in his life, is evidenced by his long-standing and fruitful collaborations with the rock band [[Marah (band)|Marah]], fronted by Dave and Serge Bielanko. Hornby has even toured in the United States and Europe with the band, joining them on stage to read his essays about particular moments and performers in his own musical history that have had a particular meaning for him.

Hornby's music criticism (most notably for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and in his own ''Songbook'') has been widely criticised by writers such as [[Kevin Dettmar]] (in his book ''Is Rock Dead''), [[Curtis White (author)|Curtis White]] (in an essay at www.centreforbookculture.org, titled "Kid Adorno"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no6/white.html |title=CONTEXT: Curtis White |access-date=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116193348/http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no6/white.html |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> Barry Faulk and [[Simon Reynolds]] for his embrace of rock traditionalism and conservative take on [[post-rock]] and other experimental musics (exemplified in Hornby's negative review of the [[Radiohead]] album ''[[Kid A]]'').<ref name="Kid A review">{{cite news|last=Hornby|first=Nick|title=Beyond the Pale|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2000/10/30/2000_10_30_104_TNY_LIBRY_000021991|access-date=19 March 2013|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=30 October 2000}}</ref>

Hornby has also had extensive collaboration with American singer/songwriter [[Ben Folds]]. Their album ''[[Lonely Avenue (album)|Lonely Avenue]]'' was released in September 2010. Folds wrote the music, with Hornby contributing lyrics. Prior to the album's release, the single "Picture Window" was released on Ben Folds' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benfolds.com/news/new-song-demo-picture-window |title=Ben Folds |publisher=Ben Folds |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> A bootleg version of a song about [[Levi Johnston]] written by Hornby and Folds and performed by Folds, appeared on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/ben-folds-levi-johnston-song/ |title=Ben Folds' Levi Johnston Song [VIDEO&#93; |website=Buzzfeed.com |date=19 April 2013 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> Remaining Hornby lyrics provided the title song of the 2012 [[Ben Folds Five]] reunion album, ''[[The Sound of the Life of the Mind]]''.

In 2022, Hornby released the book ''Dickens and Prince'', where he makes connections between the musician [[Prince_(musician)|Prince]] and author [[Charles Dickens]].

==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>

==Awards and honours==
*1993 [[William Hill Sports Book of the Year]], ''Fever Pitch''
*1999 [[E. M. Forster Award]]
*2002 [[WH Smith Literary Award]], ''How to be Good''
*2002 [[National Book Critics Circle Award]], shortlist, ''31 Songs''
*2003 London Award
*2005 [[Whitbread Novel Award]], shortlist, ''A Long Way Down''
*2008 [[ALA Best Books for Young Adults]], ''Slam''
*2012 [[British Sports Book Awards]], Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/british-sports-book-awards-to-honour-hornby |title=British Sports Book Awards to honour Hornby |work=Arsenal |date=May 2012 |access-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315130341/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/british-sports-book-awards-to-honour-hornby |archive-date=15 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportsbookawards.com/previous-winners/|title=Previous winners |publisher=[[British Sports Book Awards]] |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2019}}

===Novels===
*(1995) ''[[High Fidelity (novel)|High Fidelity]]''
*(1998) ''[[About a Boy (novel)|About a Boy]]''
*(2001) ''[[How to Be Good]]''
*(2005) ''[[A Long Way Down]]''
*(2007) ''[[Slam (novel)|Slam]]''
*(2009) ''[[Juliet, Naked]]''
*(2014) ''[[Funny Girl (novel)|Funny Girl]]''
*(2019) ''State of the Union''
*(2020) ''Just Like You''

===Short stories===
*(1998) "Faith"
*(2000) "Nipple Jesus"
*(2005) "Not a Star"
*(2005) "Small Country"
*(2005) "Otherwise Pandemonium"
*(2012) "Everyone's Reading Bastard"

===Non-fiction===
;Books
* (1992) ''Contemporary American Fiction'' {{ISBN|0-312-04213-2}}
* (1992) ''[[Fever Pitch]]'' {{ISBN|0-14-029344-2}}
* (2003) ''[[31 Songs]]'' {{ISBN|0-14-101340-0}} (Also published as ''Songbook'' in the US, {{ISBN|1-57322-356-5}})
* (2004) ''[[The Polysyllabic Spree]]'' {{ISBN|1-932416-24-2}}
* (2006) ''[[Housekeeping vs. Dirt|Housekeeping vs. the Dirt]]'' {{ISBN|1-932416-59-5}}
* (2008) ''[[Shakespeare Wrote for Money]]'' {{ISBN|1-934781-29-0}}
* (2012) ''More Baths Less Talking'' {{ISBN|978-1-938073-05-2}}
* (2013) ''Ten Years in the Tub'' {{ISBN|978-1-938073-73-1}} (Also published as ''Stuff I've Been Reading''<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Stuff I've Been Reading by Nick Hornby – review|last=Cummins|first= Anthony|date=30 November 2013|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/30/stuff-ive-been-reading-hornby-review}}</ref> in the UK)
* (2022) ''Dickens and Prince'' {{ISBN|9780593541821}}

;Essays
* (2014) "The Artists We Deserve" (in ''Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste'', new and expanded edition by [[Carl Wilson (writer)|Carl Wilson]]) {{ISBN|978-1-1111-0000-1}}

===Anthologies edited===
* (1993) ''My Favourite Year: A Collection of Football Writing'' {{ISBN|0-7538-1441-2}}
* (1996) ''The Picador Book of Sportswriting'' {{ISBN|0-330-33133-7}}
* (2000) ''[[Speaking with the Angel]]'' {{ISBN|0-14-029678-6}}
* (2005) ''Otherwise Pandemonium'' {{ISBN|0-14-102251-5}}
* (2013) ''Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books'' {{ISBN|978-1-938073-73-1}}

=== Screenplays ===
;Film
* (1997) ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]'' — directed by David Evans
* (2009) ''[[An Education]]'' — directed by [[Lone Scherfig]]
* (2014) ''[[Wild (2014 film)|Wild]]'' — directed by [[Jean-Marc Vallée]]
* (2015) ''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]'' — directed by [[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]]
;Television
*(2016) ''[[Love, Nina]]''
*(2019) ''[[State of the Union (2019 TV series)|State of the Union]]''
*(2022) ''[[State of the Union (2019 TV series)|State of the Union (Series 2)]]''

==Film adaptations==
* 1997 ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]'' — directed by [[David Evans (director)|David Evans]]; screenplay by Nick Hornby
* 2000 ''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' — directed by [[Stephen Frears]]
* 2002 ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' — directed by [[Chris Weitz|Chris]] and [[Paul Weitz (filmmaker)|Paul Weitz]]
* 2005 ''[[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|Fever Pitch]]'' — directed by [[Farrelly brothers|Bobby]] and [[Farrelly brothers|Peter Farrelly]]
* 2012 ''È nata una star?'' — Italian-language adaptation of ''Not a Star'' directed by [[Lucio Pellegrini]]
* 2014 ''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'' — television series
* 2014 ''[[A Long Way Down (film)|A Long Way Down]]'' — directed by [[Pascal Chaumeil]]
* 2016 ''Slam – Tutto per una ragazza'' — Italian-language adaptation of ''Slam'' directed by [[Andrea Molaioli]]
* 2018 ''[[Juliet, Naked (film)|Juliet, Naked]]'' — directed by [[Jesse Peretz]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* "Inarticulate Expression of Love" [radio transcript]. 2008. In ''Talking to Kinky and Karlheinz – 170 musicians get vocal on The Music Show'' ed. Anni Heino, 186–193. Sydney: ABC Books. {{ISBN|978-0-7333-2008-8}}.
*{{Cite news| last =O'Brien | first =C.| title =About a teenager| work =Men| publisher =The Times| date =1 October 2001| url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article2561972.ece| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090108164639/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article2561972.ece| url-status =dead| archive-date =8 January 2009| access-date =3 October 2007}}
* "Nick Hornby, ''Fever Pitch''". 2008. In Nick Bentley, Contemporary British Fiction, 117–124. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-7486-2420-1}}.

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* [https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/21856/nick-hornby Official site] from publisher [[Penguin Books]]
* {{IMDb name|0394984|Nick Hornby}}
* [http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/11/podcast-nick-hornby.html 2007 audio interview with Hornby] on Public Radio International program ''[[The Sound of Young America]]''
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1951276.stm BBC News 2002: "Movie hype helps Hornby"]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4704582 Interview with Hornby] on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (15 June 2005)
* [http://www.failbetter.com/09/HornbyInterview.php 2003 Q&A with author]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143506 Interview with Hornby] on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (26 September 1995)
* {{British council|id=nick-hornby|name=Nick Hornby}}

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