Glen David Gold
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January 01, 1964
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Historical Fiction
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Glen David Gold is best known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil (Hyperion, 2001), a fictionalized biography of Charles Joseph Carter (1874-1936), an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936. He writes in a narrative style, and the book was hailed as a very respectable venture into historical fiction. Gold is married to Alice Sebold, the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. The couple lives in San Francisco, California. His next novel, Sunnyside, is due for publication in May 12th, 2009. His short stories, including "The Tears of Squonk," have appeared in a number of issues of McSweeney's.
Gold wrote a single episode of the cartoon show Hey Arnold, in which title character Arnold stages an amateur magic sh...more
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Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold avg rating 4.13 — 1,612 ratings — published 2001 22 editions |
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McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by Michael Chabon , Jim Shepard, Elmore Leonard, Carol Emshwiller, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) , Michael Crichton, Nick Hornby, Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 3.53 — 896 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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Sunnyside by Glen David Gold avg rating 3.51 — 142 ratings — published 2009 4 editions |
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Sunnyside by Glen David Gold avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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The Spirit: v. 3 by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, Glen David Gold, Dennis O'Neil, Gail Simone avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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"In his youth, [he] had believed everything was possible. Then in grief, he believed everything was impossible. And now. . . he felt that when you had lived enough of your life, there was no difference between the two."
— Glen David Gold
— Glen David Gold
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