Gayle Forman
| Gayle Forman | |
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| Born | June 5, 1970 |
| Occupation | author |
| Genre | Children's books, Young adult, novels |
| Notable works | If I Stay, Where She Went (sequel to If I Stay) Just One Day, Just One Year (sequel to Just One Day) |
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Gayle Forman (born June 5, 1970) is an American young-adult fiction author, best known for her novel If I Stay which topped the New York Times best sellers list of Young Adult Fiction and was made into a film of the same name.
Career
Forman began her career writing for Seventeen Magazine, with most of her articles focusing on young people and social concerns. Later she became a freelance journalist for publications like Details Magazine, Jane Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The Nation, Elle Magazine, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.[1] In 2002, she and her husband Nick took a trip around the world and she garnered experiences and information which later served as the basis for her first book, a travelogue, You Can't Get There From Here: A Year On The Fringes Of A Shrinking World.[2] In 2007, she published her first young adult novel Sisters in Sanity which she based on an article she had written for Seventeen.[3]
In 2009, Forman released If I Stay, a book about a 17-year-old girl named Mia who has been involved in a tragic car accident. The novel follows Mia's experience as she lies in a coma fully aware of what is going on around her and everything her visitors say and do. Feeling the agony of the loss of those closest to her, yet aware of the abounding love of those that remain, she must make the choice to hang on or let go. Forman won the 2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Awards and was a 2010 Indie Choice Honor Award winner for If I Stay.[4] The film adaptation of If I Stay, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, was released in the United States on August 22, 2014.[5] The sequel to If I Stay, titled Where She Went, was released in 2011. Told from Adam's point of view, the novel is about Adam and Mia's relationship after the accident.[6]
In January 2013, Forman released Just One Day. The novel follows Allyson Healey, who, on the last day of a post-graduation European tour, meets a Dutch vagabond actor named Willem. In an uncharacteristic, spur-of-the moment decision, Allyson goes to Paris with Willem, where they spend a day together before he disappears.[7] The sequel to Just One Day, titled Just One Year, was released in October 2013. The novel follows the same chronological path as Allyson's story, but told from the perspective of Willem.[8] The final installment of Allyson and Willem's story, titled Just One Night, is a 50-page novella that was released in ebook format on May 29, 2014.[9]
In January 2015, Forman released I Was Here, about an 18 year old girl dealing with the sudden suicide of her best friend. Movie rights to the book were picked up by New Line Cinema one month later.[10] Forman is currently working on her first adult novel, tentatively titled Bypass and due to be released in 2016.[11]
Awards
Forman won the British Fantasy Award (2010),[citation needed] and the ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2010).[citation needed] She was nominated for the South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (2011),[citation needed] the TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2010),[citation needed] the Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2009),[citation needed] and the Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (2010).[citation needed]
Personal life
Forman resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two daughters, one of whom is adopted.[citation needed] At the 2010 annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Forman participated in panel discussions. She was on the panel “Young Adult Fiction: Teens and Turmoil” with Jandy Nelson, Cynthia Kadohata and moderator Sonya Sones.[12]
Books
- You Can't Get There from Here: A Year on the Fringes of a Shrinking World (2005)
- Sisters in Sanity (2007)
- If I Stay (2009)
- Where She Went (2011)
- Just One Day (2013)
- Just One Year (2013)
- Just One Night (2014)
- I Was Here (2015)
References
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External links
- Official website
- If I Stay at Goodreads
- If I Stay at the Internet Movie Database
- Gayle Forman at Library of Congress Authorities, with 9 catalog records
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- American children's writers
- American women writers
- Living people
- 1970 births
- Place of birth unknown
- Writers from Brooklyn
- Women children's writers
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century women writers
- American magazine writers
