Nick Hornby Hornby, the chairman of London and Continental Railways, and Margaret Audrey, Lady Hornby ("née" Withers). He was brought up in Maidenhead, and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English. His parents divorced when he was eleven. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American Writers such as Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie, titled "Contemporary American Fiction". Hornby's second book, "Fever Pitch", also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the
Nick Hornby screenplay. In 2016, Hornby adapted Nina Stibbe's book "Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life" into a television series. "Love, Nina" received its debut on BBC One on 20 May 2016, and ran for five episodes. Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of "Fever Pitch", starring Colin Firth. It was followed by "High Fidelity" in 2000, starring John Cusack; this adaptation was notable in that the action was shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, "About a Boy" was quickly picked up, and