Matthew Quick

Raised in Oaklyn, New Jersey, he earned a degree in English literature and secondary education from La Salle University, followed by an MFA at Goddard College, and spent several years teaching high-school literature before leaving a tenured position to pursue writing. His first novel, The Silver Linings Playbook (2008), quickly became a New York Times bestseller and was transformed into a 2012 fea… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources