Peter Hedges





Peter Hedges

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born
in West Des Moines, Iowa, The United States
July 06, 1962

gender
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Peter Hedges is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career.

In 2002 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy. In the same year, he wrote and directed Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, which he dedicated to his mother.


Average rating: 3.87 · 5,911 ratings · 468 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 4,414 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions
The Heights
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
An Ocean in Iowa
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 351 ratings6 editions
About a Boy: The Shooting S...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
Pieces of April: The Shooti...
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Imagining Brad and The Vale...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1998
Colazione a Brooklyn
2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010
Oregon and Other Short Plays
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999
Baby Anger
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986
Good As New
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“Love is not a feeling.  It's an ability.”
Peter Hedges

“A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a man like that surely puts us all to shame.”
Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

“She loves me-she just doesn't know it yet.”
Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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