Abdi Nazemian

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Abdi Nazemian
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Nazemian at BookCon in June 2019
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Iran
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education Columbia University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Alma mater Choate Rosemary Hall
Years active2000s–present
Notable awards Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction (2015)
Website
abdinazemian.com

Abdi Nazemian (born 1976) is an Iranian-American author, screenwriter, and producer. His debut novel, The Walk-In Closet, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.

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Career

Nazemian is a Choate Rosemary Hall alumnus. It was at Choate that he first wanted to become a writer. Nazemian continued his education at Columbia University and then at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received an Master of Business Administration. [1]

Since, Nazemian has also worked as a screenwriter, [2] including the television shows Ordinary Joe , Almost Family and The Village , and the films The Artist's Wife , Menendez: Blood Brothers , Beautiful Girl , Celeste in the City and The Quiet . As head of development for Water's End Productions, Nazemian has served as an executive producer or associate producer on numerous films, including Call Me By Your Name , Little Woods , Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood , It Happened in L.A. , The Price, and The House of Tomorrow .[ citation needed ]

Literary work

His debut young adult novel, The Authentics, was released in 2017 by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins. [3] His third novel, Like a Love Story, a love letter to queer history, ACT UP and Madonna, was released in 2019, again by Balzer + Bray. [4] It was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best young adult novels of all time, [5] received a Stonewall Honor and a nomination for the Audie Awards. [6] His fourth novel, The Chandler Legacies, which is inspired by his time at boarding school, was published in 2022. His 2023 young adult novel, Only This Beautiful Moment, is shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Young Adult Literature. [7]

Awards and honors

Three of Abdi Nazemian's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Like a Love Story (2019), [8] The Chandler Legacies (2022), [9] and Only This Beautiful Moment (2023). [10]

Time named Like a Love Story among the 100 best young adult novels of all time. [5] In 2019, the Chicago Public Library and New York Public Library included it on their list of the best young adult books of the year. [8] The following year, the Young Adult Library Services Association included it on their top ten list of Best Fiction for Young Adults. [11]

Only This Beautiful Moment was included on Booklist 's 2023 "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth" list. [12]

Awards for Nazemian's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2014The Walk-In Closet Next Generation Indie Book Award for Multicultural FictionFinalist [13]
2015 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction Won [14] [15]
2020Like a Love Story Audie Award for Young Adult Title Finalist [6] [16]
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award Honor [17]
2023Only This Beautiful MomentMike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature AwardWon [18]
2024 Lambda Literary Award for Young Adult Literature Finalist [7]

Publications

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  2. ↑ "Screenwriter Abdi Nazemian Says Hollywood Films Are A 'Very Sad Depiction Of Gay Culture'" Archived May 22, 2017, at the Wayback Machine . Huffington Post , May 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Authentics, by Abdi Nazemian" Archived August 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine . Kirkus Reviews , May 24, 2017.
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