David Benioff
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Literature & Fiction
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David Benioff worked as a nightclub bouncer in San Francisco, a radio DJ in Wyoming and an English teacher/wrestling coach in Brooklyn before selling his first novel, The 25th Hour, in 2000.
He later wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee’s adaptation of Hour starring Edward Norton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. In 2005, Viking Press published Benioff’s collection of short stories, When the Nines Roll Over.
Benioff’s screenwriting credits include Troy (2004), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and Stay (2005), directed by Marc Forster, and The Kite Runner (2007). Jim Sheridan produced Benioff’s screenplay Brothers, and Hugh Jackman reprised his role as the clawed mutant in Benioff’s Wolverine. Viking published his most...more
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City of Thieves by David Benioff avg rating 4.13 — 3,122 ratings — published 2008 19 editions |
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The 25th Hour by David Benioff avg rating 3.75 — 315 ratings — published 2001 12 editions |
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The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Epic Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks) by David Benioff, Khaled Hosseini avg rating 4.24 — 230 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories by David Benioff avg rating 3.89 — 118 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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When the Nines Roll Over by David Benioff avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005 |
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Stadt der Diebe by David Benioff avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 2 editions |
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Le compteur à zéro by David Benioff avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 |
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Descalza Sobre El Trebol y Otros Relatos by David Benioff avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 |
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DAVID BENIOFF on City of Thieves - Interview, Part II
David Benioff — City of Thieves
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In Part II of a Borders-exclusive interview, David Benioff talks about City of Thieves, his winsome ...more
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"I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed."
— David Benioff (City of Thieves)
— David Benioff (City of Thieves)
"I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his death insured that his wish was carried out. Piter commanded far more affection and loyalty from me than the nation as a whole. But that night, running across the unplowed fields of winter wheat, with the Fascist invaders behind us and the dark Russian woods before us, I felt a surge of pure love for my country.
We ran for the forest, crashing through the stalks of wheat, beneath the rising moon and the stars spinning farther and farther away, alone beneath the godless sky. "
— David Benioff (City of Thieves)
We ran for the forest, crashing through the stalks of wheat, beneath the rising moon and the stars spinning farther and farther away, alone beneath the godless sky. "
— David Benioff (City of Thieves)
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