David Levithan

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David Levithan (2011)

David Benjamin Levithan (born September 7, 1972 in Short Hills ) is an American writer and editor.

biography

David Levithan graduated from Brown University in 1994 with B.A. (English, Political Science). He edited over 100 Star Wars books for Scholastic . Homosexuality is a central theme in Levithan's work, especially since he is gay himself .

Levithan is editor of the web magazine "PUSH", an anthology for young authors ( Patricia McCormick , Kevin Brooks , Chris Wooding , Markus Zusak , Brian James , Kristen Kemp, Eireann Corrigan and others) and teaches at the New School University Graduate School of Creative Writing in New York .

Works and awards

Own novels

  • Boy Meets Boy , 2003
  • Marly's Ghost , 2003
  • The Realm of Possibility , 2004
  • Are We There Yet? , 2005
  • Wide Awake , 2006
  • The Lover's Dictionary , 2011
    • German: The dictionary of lovers (translated by Andreas Steinhöfel), 2010
  • Every You, Every Me , 2011
    • German: My picture says more than your words (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2014
  • Every Day , 2012
  • Two Boys Kissing , 2013
    • Lambda Literary Award 2014 LGBT Children's / Young Adult
    • German: Two Boys Kissing - Every second counts (translated by Martina Tichy), 2015
  • Another Day , 2015
    • German: Ultimately, it's all about you, 2016
  • Hold Me Closer , 2015

Collaborations

with Rachel Cohn

  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist , 2006
    • German: Nick & Norah - Soundtrack of a Night (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2007
  • Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List , 2007
    • German: Naomi & Ely - Love, friendship and everything in between (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2010
  • Dash and Lily's book of Dares , 2011
    • German: Dash & Lilys Winterwunder (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2011
  • The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily , 2016

with David Ozanich and Chris Van Etten

  • Likely Story , 2008
  • All That Glitters , 2008
  • Red Carpet Riot , 2009

with other authors

  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson , with John Green , 2010
    • German: Will & Will (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2012
  • Invisibility , together with Andrea Cremer, 2013
    • German: What other people call love (translated by Bernadette Ott), 2017
  • You Know Me Well , together with Nina LaCour, 2016
    • German: One week for eternity (translated by Christel Kröning and Martina Tichy), 2017

Anthologies (as editor)

  • You Are Here, This is Now: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America: A Push Anthology , 2002
  • Friends: Stories about New Friends, Old Friends and Unexpectedly True Friends , together with Ann M. Martin, 2005
  • When We Are, What We See: A Push Anthology , 2005
  • The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Other Identities , with Billy Merrell, 2006
  • 21 Proms , together with Daniel Ehrenhaft, 2007
  • We Are Quiet, We Are Loud: The best young writers and artists in America: A Push anthology , 2008
  • How to Say Goodbye in Robot , together with Natalie Standiford, 2009

Short stories

  • The Alumni Interview , 2004, in Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday
  • The Good Girls , 2007, in Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
  • How They Met, and Other Stories , 2008
  • A Word From the Nearly Distant Past , 2009, in How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
  • Quiz Bowl Antichrist , story in Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd , 2009

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Levithan, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levithan, David Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Short Hills