It won the WH Smith Award for Fiction in 2002. His novel, How to Be Good (2001), explores contemporary morals, marriage and parenthood. A film version, starring Hugh Grant, premiered in 2002. His second novel, About a Boy (1998), focuses on the growing relationship between 30-something Will Freeman and Marcus, a 12-year-old boy. His first novel, High Fidelity (1995), is the story of an obsessive record collector and list-maker, and was adapted as a film in 2000 starring John Cusack. His fiction continues to explore male obsessions, crises and weaknesses. In 2012, it was recognised for its Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing at the British Sports Book Awards. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and was adapted as both a play and a film, the latter starring Colin Firth. Fever Pitch, his memoir of a life devoted to Arsenal football club, was published in 1992. His first book, a series of critical essays on American novelists, was published in 1992. He graduated from Cambridge University and taught English to foreign students while reviewing for magazines including Time Out and the Literary Review. Nick Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, England, in 1957.
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