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Blake Nelson

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Blake Nelson grew up in Portland, Oregon. He began his career writing short humor pieces for Details Magazine.

His first novel GIRL was originally serialized in SASSY magazine and was made into a film staring Selma Blaire and Portia De Rossi.

His novel PARANOID PARK won the prestigious International Grinzane Literary Award and was made into a film by Gus Van Sant.

His most recent Young Adult novel THE PRINCE OF VENICE BEACH has been shortlisted for the 2015 Edgar Award.

His 2011 novel RECOVERY ROAD has been adapted into a television drama for ABC FAMILY and will premier in January of 2016.



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New novel BOY in stores now, with new re-issue of GIRL! Boy by Blake Nelson
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Average rating: 3.62 · 11,346 ratings · 1,682 reviews · 26 distinct worksSimilar authors
Recovery Road

3.77 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Girl (Girl, #1)

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Paranoid Park

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The Prince of Venice Beach

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Gender Blender

3.35 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
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Destroy All Cars

3.45 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions
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Prom Anonymous

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New Rules of High School

3.56 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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Rock Star Superstar

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Dream School (Girl, #2)

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“But I think Cybil was my biggest fan. She cut out my articles and hung them in her locker and we were always cracking up how if you wrote the simplest, most obvious thing in the world people thought you were a genius.”
Blake Nelson, Girl

“Life is ridiculous. It's not our fault.”
Blake Nelson, Recovery Road

“No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.”
Blake Nelson, Recovery Road

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“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.”
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“Life is ridiculous. It's not our fault.”
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“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”
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Alshia Moyez Thank you so much, Blake! ^-^


Alycia Hey, I sent you an email. please get back to me :)


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