Peter Hedges

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

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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.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 3,700 ratings · 400 reviews · 13 distinct works

	What's Eating Gilbert Grape 4.07 avg rating — 2,549 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Heights 3.24 avg rating — 854 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:
	An Ocean in Iowa 3.38 avg rating — 278 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	About a Boy 3.76 avg rating — 38,881 ratings — published 1998 — 93 editions	My rating:
	Imagining Brad and The Valerie of Now. 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Pieces of April: The Shooting Script 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Oregon and Other Short Plays 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Baby Anger 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Colazione a Brooklyn 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Good As New 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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“Love is not a feeling. It's an ability.”
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“She loves me-she just doesn't know it yet.”
― Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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“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

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