David Class

David Klass (2007)

David Klass (born March 8, 1960 in Vermont ) is an American writer and screenwriter.

Life

Klass comes from a family of writers and grew up with his two sisters with his parents in New Jersey. He first studied history and literature at Yale University ; he completed his studies in 1982 as a BA . He then completed an MA at the USC School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California . As an English teacher, he taught in Atami ( Japan ) and wrote his first novel, The Atami Dragons , based on his experiences there . Klass lives as a book and screenwriter in New York . His youth novel When he comes, then we run has received numerous awards and has been nominated for the 2007 German Youth Literature Prize.

Works

• Scripts
  • 1997: ... because they are there to be kissed (Kiss the Girls)
  • 1998: Desperate Measures
  • 2001: The Time of the Butterflies (In the Time of the Butterflies)
  • 2004: Walking Tall - On your own (Walking Tall)
  • 2012: Emperor - Fight for Peace (Emperor)

• Youth books
  • Winning Can Be Deadly (Grandmaster), 2015
  • Icequake (TimeLock), 2009
  • Cyclone (Whirlwind), 2008
  • Feuerquell (Firestorm), 2007
  • If he comes, we'll run (Dark Angel), 2006
  • You are the next one! (Home of the braves), 2006
  • What you want, 2003
  • You don't know me! (You don't know me), 2001

Web links

• David Klass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• David Klass in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by David Klass at perlentaucher.de
• Review overview of books for young people by David Klass at Jugendbuchtipps.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Biographical information in the Library of Congress (English)
2. ↑ David Klass ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Macmillan Publishers