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 and Norah's Infinite Playlist (novel) Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (novel) Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is the first collaboration novel written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. The novel was published in 2006 by Alfred F. Knopf Books for Young Readers. It was adapted into the 2008 feature film "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist", which both Levithan and Cohn appear in briefly. The chapters from Nick's perspective are written by Levithan while the chapters from Norah's perspective are written by Cohn. The novel is told from the alternating perspectives of Nick, the only straight member of a queer core rock band, and Norah, the