Nathan Newman (writer)
{{Short description|British writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox writer
|name=Nathan Newman
|image=File:Newman in 2024.png
|image_caption=Newman in 2024
|nationality=British
| occupation = {{hlist|Novelist | filmmaker}}
|alma_mater=University of Warwick
| notable_works = How to Leave the House (2024)
}}
Nathan Newman is an English author, screenwriter and filmmaker. Their debut novel, How to Leave the House, was released in 2024.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nathan-newman/how-to-leave-the-house/ |title=How to Leave the House|website= Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
Early life and education
Newman studied Film and Literature at the University of Warwick in Coventry.{{Cite web |title=Alumni |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/film/alumni/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=University of Warwick}} They went on to study creative writing by attending New York University remotely, dropping out after one semester.{{Cite web |last=Acree |first=Cat |date=5 August 2024 |title=Interview with Nathan Newman, author of How to Leave the House |url=https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/nathan-newman-interview-how-to-leave-the-house/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=BookPage |language=en-US}}
''How to Leave the House''
Newman's debut novel, How to Leave the House, was published on 2 May 2024 by Little Brown in the UK and Viking Penguin in the US.{{Cite web |title=How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman: 9780593654903 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726929/how-to-leave-the-house-by-nathan-newman/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Penguin Random House |language=en-US}} It was selected by The New Yorker for its "Best Books of 2024" list.{{Cite magazine |date=24 January 2024 |title=The Best Books of 2024 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2024 |access-date=8 March 2025 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} It was described by The New York Times as a "profound{{snd}} and profoundly sidesplitting{{snd}} debut"{{Cite news |last=Finger |first=Bobby |date=13 August 2024 |title=Bumping Into Eccentrics on Every Small-Town Corner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/books/review/how-to-leave-the-house-nathan-newman.html |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and by Financial Times as "a wild and funny ride through modern life as seen through a prism of porn and gender theory".{{Cite news |last=Feay |first=Suzi |date=20 May 2024 |title=Women as witches and Elizabethan intrigue – the pick of new debut fiction |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4d114bdb-3f06-4438-a8a6-1e73315c4c23 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=Financial Times}} The novel was also featured in The Washington Post{{Cite news |last=Meloan |first=Becky |date=21 July 2024 |title=10 noteworthy books for July and August |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/21/new-books-for-summer/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} and NPR.{{Cite news |title=Comic novel 'How to Leave The House' follows a young man on a day-long hero's quest |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/nx-s1-4915523/comic-novel-how-to-leave-the-house-follows-a-young-man-on-a-day-long-heros-quest |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=NPR |language=en}} The television rights were acquired by Fremantle following a competitive auction, with Newman set to executive produce and write all the episodes.{{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=16 December 2022 |title='How To Leave The House': Passenger & Sinestra To Adapt Nathan Newman's Novel For TV |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/fremantle-passenger-sinestra-nathan-newman-how-to-leave-your-house-this-england-chernobyl-1235200893/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Creamer |first=Jon |date=16 December 2022 |title=Passenger, Sinestra team on Nathan Newman adaptation |url=https://www.televisual.com/news/passenger-sinestra-team-on-nathan-newman-adaptation/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Televisual}}
Personal life
Newman is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.{{Cite web |last=charliebcm |date=6 September 2022 |title=Nathan Newman |url=https://charliebrotherstone.com/authors/nathan-newman/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Brotherstone |language=en-US}} They have worked in a cinema in Battersea,{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Anna |date=15 May 2024 |title=An Interview with author Nathan Newman |url=https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/creativewriting/2024/05/15/an-interview-with-author-nathan-newman/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Where Ideas Grow |language=en-US}} and now live in South London. They are a keen player of Bloons Tower Defence 6.
References
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Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century English novelists
Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick
Category:English non-binary writers
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