Nick Brooks
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Nick Brooks is an American author, filmmaker and rapper who performs under the stage name Ben Kenobe.
He wrote the middle-grade novel, Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont, published in 2022, and young adult novel, Promise Boys, published in 2023. His short film, BEE, debuted at the 2020 American Black Film Fest.{{Cite web |title=American Black Film Festival Announces Slate For 2020 Virtual Festival |url=https://www.blackfilmandtv.com/news/american-black-film-festival-announces-slate-for-2020-virtual-festival |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=BlackFilmandTV.com |language=en-US}}
Life and career
Nick Brooks was born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Howard University, George Mason University, and from University of Southern California, with a M.F.A. in Film and TV Production, in 2020. At USC his films earned him the George Lucas Scholar Award,{{Cite web |title=USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} School of Cinematic Arts News |url=https://cinema.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?id=64432 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=cinema.usc.edu}} and the Jack Larson and James Bridges Award for Writing and Directing.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Nick Brooks |url=https://www.miamibookfair.com/events_author/nick-brooks/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Miami Book Fair |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Reparations Club — Oct 22nd EVENT: Nothing Interesting Ever Happens... // with Nick Brook |url=https://rep.club/products/nick-brooks |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=rep.club |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Macmillan Children's pre-empts Brooks' YA debut in seven-figure global deal |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/macmillan-childrens-pre-empts-brooks-ya-debut-seven-figure-global-deal-1290157 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}
In 2021 Macmillan Publishing pre-empted Brooks' young adult debut, Promise Boys, with a book deal.{{Cite web |title=D.C. native lands 7-figure book deal for "Promise Boys" |url=https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2021/12/21/dc-native-nick-brooks-promise-boys-book-deal |website=axios.com}}{{Cite web |title=Macmillan Children's pre-empts Brooks' YA debut in seven-figure global deal |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/macmillan-childrens-pre-empts-brooks-ya-debut-seven-figure-global-deal-1290157 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=Young Filmmaker And Author Nick Brooks Receives 7-Figure Book Deal For "Promise Boys" |url=https://magazine.watchjaro.com/young-filmmaker-and-author-nick-brooks-receives-7-figure-book-deal-for-promise-boys/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=JARO Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Emerging filmmaker receives 7-figure book deal for thriller |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-91501ae5e002878e26bb642f2d008bc1 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
Films
- BEE (2020)
Bibliography
- {{cite book |first=Nick |last=Brooks |author-mask=2 |title=Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont |year=2022 |publisher=Union Square Publishing |isbn=9781454945574}}{{Cite web |title=Check Out an Exclusive Excerpt of NOTHING INTERESTING EVER HAPPENS TO ETHAN FAIRMONT |url=https://nerdist.com/article/nothing-interesting-ever-happens-to-ethan-fairmont-excerpt/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Nerdist |language=en-US}}
- {{cite book |first=Nick |last=Brooks |author-mask=2 |title=Promise Boys |year=2023 |publisher=Henry Holt |isbn=9781250866974}}{{Cite news |date=February 10, 2023 |title=Two YA novels create well-rounded portraits of Black characters coming of age |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/03/1154115240/two-ya-novels-create-well-rounded-portraits-of-black-characters-coming-of-age}}{{Cite web |last=Westmoore |first=Jean |date=2023-02-24 |title=Books in Brief: Promise Boys, In Every Life, Lasagna Means I Love You |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/books/books-in-brief-promise-boys-in-every-life-lasagna-means-i-love-you/article_f6d88044-ae14-11ed-bc93-5b0ec37f91af.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Buffalo News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Videos |url=https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1175052 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=FOX 5 DC |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Award-Winning Author Nick Brooks' Book "Promise Boys" Is Being Adapted for Netflix – Tamron Hall Show |url=https://tamronhallshow.com/videos/award-winning-author-nick-brooks-book-promise-boys-is-being-adapted-for-netflix/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Tamron Hall |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Nick Brooks on his new young adult novel 'Promise Boys' |url=https://www.kvpr.org/2023-01-29/nick-brooks-on-his-new-young-adult-novel-promise-boys |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=KVPR {{!}} Valley Public Radio |language=en}}
- {{cite book |first=Nick |last=Brooks |author-mask=2 |title=Too Many Interesting Things Are Happening to Ethan Fairmont |year=2023 |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated |isbn=9781454947110}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.thenickbrooks.com}}
- [https://www.npr.org/2023/01/29/1152387255/nick-brooks-on-his-new-young-adult-novel-promise-boys Nick Brooks on his new young adult novel 'Promise Boys'] NPR, January 29, 2023
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Category:21st-century African-American writers
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:African-American novelists