Adam Davies (writer)
Adam Davies (* 1971 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American writer .
Life
Davies graduated from Syracuse University and then accepted a position as an assistant editor at Random House in New York. He then became a lecturer in English literature at the University of Georgia and the Savannah College of Art & Design.
His debut novel The Frog King , published in 2002, is the story of a man whose life has gone completely apart. Out of love for a woman, he manages to get his life back under control. Froschkönig became a bestseller and was also translated into German. The book is currently being made into a film based on the script by Bret Easton Ellis . His second novel Goodbye Lemon , the story of a dysfunctional family, was published in the USA in 2006 and in German in 2008. In 2010, the third novel Dein oder mein ( Mine all mine ) was published in Germany.
Works in German translation
- Froschkönig , Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3257066012
- Goodbye Lemon , Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3257066791
- Your or mine , from the English by Hans M. Herzog, Diogenes, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-257067422
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davies, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky |