Matthew Quick

{{Short description|American author}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|23}}

| birth_place = Camden, New Jersey, U.S.

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| occupation = Writer

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = La Salle University, Goddard College, Collingswood High School

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| genre = Adult novels, Young-adult novels

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| notableworks = The Silver Linings Playbook

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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 [[The New York Times Best Seller list|

New York Times bestseller]] and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-03-17/e-book-fiction/list.html |title=The New York Times Bestseller List |work=New York Times |date=2013-03-14 |accessdate=2015-11-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/david-o-russell-to-direct-the-silver-linings-playbook/ |title=David O. Russell to Direct The Silver Linings Playbook | /Film |publisher=Slashfilm.com |date=2009-03-28 |accessdate=2014-02-10}}

Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/The-Ernest-Hemingway-Collection/Hemingway-News/PEN-Hemingway-Awards-and-other-Hemingway-Forums.aspx |accessdate=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719073503/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/The-Ernest-Hemingway-Collection/Hemingway-News/PEN-Hemingway-Awards-and-other-Hemingway-Forums.aspx |archivedate=July 19, 2012 |title=PEN/Hemingway Award and other Hemingway Forums}} In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times.{{cite news

| title = The Finer Points of the Game

| publisher = The New York Times, Matt de la Peña, March 9, 2012

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/books/review/basketball-novels-by-paul-volponi-and-matthew-quick.html

| date=2012-03-09}}

Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013.{{cite news |url=https://time100.time.com/2013/03/28/time-100-poll/slide/matthew-quick/ |title=Matthew Quick | The 2013 TIME 100 Poll |publisher=Time |date=2013-03-22 |access-date=2014-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231165115/http://time100.time.com/2013/03/28/time-100-poll/slide/matthew-quick/ |archive-date=2013-12-31 |url-status=live }}