David Levithan

David Levithan
David Levithan at the 2011 Texas Book Festival.
Born	September 7, 1972 (1972-09-07) (age 39) Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, editor
Nationality	American
Education	Double major in English and Political Science
Alma mater	Brown University
Period	2003–present
Genres	Young Adult Fiction
Notable work(s)	Boy Meets Boy Wide Awake Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Notable award(s)	Lambda Literary Award 2003 Boy Meets Boy Lambda Literary Award 2006 The Full Spectrum
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David Levithan (born September 7, 1972; Short Hills, New Jersey) is an American young-adult fiction editor and award-winning author.^[1] His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published in 2003.^[1] He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

At 19, Levithan received an internship at Scholastic Corporation where he began working on the The Baby-sitters Club series. Seventeen years later, Levithan is still working for Scholastic as an editorial director. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a young-adult imprint of Scholastic Press focusing on new voices and new authors.^[1] PUSH publishes edgier material for young adults and is where Patricia McCormick got her start with 2002's Cut.^[2]

In an interview with Barnes & Noble, Levithan claimed that he learned how to write books that were both funny and touching from Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. After working as an editor for years, Levithan's first book Boy Meets Boy was published in 2003. He continues to work as both a writer and editor saying, "I love editing just as much, if not more than writing".^[2] Levithan's first collaboration with author Rachel Cohn, 2006's Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was adapted for the big screen in 2008, and his novel, Love is the Higher Law, was published in August 2009 by Knopf Books for Young Readers.^[2]

Works

Novels

• Boy Meets Boy (2003)
• The Realm of Possibility (2004)
• Are We There Yet? (2005)
• Marly's Ghost: A Remix of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, illustrated by Brian Selznick (2005)
• Wide Awake (2006)
• Love is the Higher Law (2009)
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson, co-written with John Green (2010)
• The Lover's Dictionary (2011)

With Rachel Cohn

• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2006)
• Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2007)
• Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (2010)

With David Ozanich and Chris Van Etten

• Likely Story (2008)
• All That Glitters (2008)
• Red Carpet Riot (2009)

Anthologies

• You Are Here, This is Now: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America: A Push Anthology, editor (2002)
• Friends: Stories about New Friends, Old Friends and Unexpectedly True Friends, editor with Ann M. Martin (2005)
• When We Are, What We See: A Push Anthology, editor (2005)
• The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Other Identities, editor with Billy Merrell (2006)
• 21 Proms, editor with Daniel Ehrenhaft (2007)
• We Are Quiet, We Are Loud: The best young writers and artists in America: a Push anthology, editor (2008)
• "How to Say Goodbye in Robot", editor with Natalie Standiford (2009)

Short stories

• "The Alumni Interview" (2004) Short story in anthology Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (edited by Megan McCafferty)^[3]
• "The Good Girls", essay in Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, (edited by Melissa De la Cruz and Tom Dolby) (2007)
• How They Met, and Other Stories (2008)
• "A Word From the Nearly Distant Past" (2009), short story published in How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
• "Quiz Bowl Antichrist", short story published in Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "David Levithan." 30 Oct. 2008. Gale Database. Contemporary Authors Online. UWM Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee. 1 July 2009
2. ^ ^{a b c} Friedman, Robin. "The write stuff." New Jersey Jewish News [Whippany] 2 July 2009.
3. ^ "'Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday: Product Details". Amazon.com. Release date: May 25, 2004. http://www.amazon.com/dp/140005270X/. Retrieved June 2, 2009. 

External links

• Official website
• PUSH Website

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Date of birth	September 7, 1972
Place of birth	Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
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