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Matthew Quick

1973 - Today

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Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His 2008 debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Quick is the 7,425th most popular writer (down from 7,224th in 2024), the 18,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,046th in 2019) and the 1,230th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthew Quick ranks 7,425 out of 7,302Before him are Stanislav Aseyev, Jacqueline Woodson, Matthew Reilly, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Aminatta Forna, and Dareen Tatour. After him are Teju Cole, Megan Abbott, Sharmila Rege, Stephanie Savage, Ivana Bodrožić, and Michael Azerrad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Matthew Quick ranks 1,234Before him are Ágnes Farkas, Masayuki Ota, Jun Iwashita, Clement Chukwu, Evans Wise, and Nicolas Jalabert. After him are Claudia Zwiers, Ryan Peake, Fernando Platas, Igor Kravtsov, Emilia Tsoulfa, and Takayuki Suzuki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Quick ranks 18,830 out of 20,380Before him are Ben Roethlisberger (1982), Heather Wilson (1960), Antoine Walker (1976), Amber Frank (1998), Josh Smith (1985), and Lil Baby (1994). After him are Teju Cole (1975), Tom Malchow (1976), Austin Abrams (1996), John Costelloe (1961), Crystle Stewart (1981), and Josh Turner (1977).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Matthew Quick ranks 1,230Before him are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Gwen Ifill (1955), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), Ta-Nehisi Coates (1975), Becky Chambers (1985), and Jacqueline Woodson (1963). After him are Teju Cole (1975), Megan Abbott (1971), Michael Azerrad (1961), Josh Singer (1972), Lauren Groff (1978), and Aaron Allston (1960).