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 a screenplay there are all these hurdles that seem to have some kind of objectivity to them. The screenplay has to work and I love that.” In 2009, Hornby adapted an autobiographical memoir by the journalist Lynn Barber for the screen as "An Education", a feature film starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and for two BAFTAs for writing the screenplay. In 2014, Hornby adapted another autobiographical memoir, Cheryl Strayed's "". "Wild", which starred Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, was nominated for Best Actress for Witherspoon and Best Supporting