Brent hartinger biography

I am Brent Hartinger.
Brent Hartinger (born 1971) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his novels about gay teenagers.
BRENT HARTINGER is the author of many novels, including the LGBTQ teen classic Geography Club (2003) and eight companion books: The Order of the Poison Oak .

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Brent Hartinger

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in Washington State, The United States

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http://www.brenthartinger.com/

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Young Adult, Gay & Lesbian, Suspense

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November 2011

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I am Brent Hartinger, a novelist and screenwriter. I’ve published fourteen novels, had nine screenplays optioned, and had two of my projects turned into feature films.

My first novel, Geography Club (2003), is the story of a gay teen named Russel Middlebrook. It was one of the first in a new wave of break-out LGBTQ young adult fiction, and it was adapted as a feature film in 2013. I subsequently wrote three more books about Russel, calling them The Russel Middlebrook Series. I tried to give these books a lot of humor and heart.

In 2013, I continued Russel’s story as he grew up, into his twenties, in a new, stand-alone series called Russel Middlebook: The Futon Years. These books are “new adult” (making Russel one of very few literary characteI am Brent Hartinger, a novelist and screenwrite

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Author Bio

I am Brent Hartinger, and I live to write.

For the last twenty years, I have made my living writing just about everything that involves words.

My most famous book is probably my 2003 novel, Geography Club, which has been adapted into a feature film starring Scott Bakula, Marin Hinkle, Ana Gasteyer, Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Ally Maki, Andrew Caldwell, and Nikki Blonsky. It'll be released in 2013.

Geography Club is now the first book in the Russel Middlebrook Series: In order, the books are: Geography Club (book #1); The Order of the Poison Oak (book #2); Double Feature: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (book #3); The Elephant of Surprise (book #4).

I like to write for all ages, but I particularly like writing for and about teenagers. I think it's because I identify so strongly with them. Whenever I hear an adult complain about a teenager, I almost always take the side of the kid, even without hearing his or her version of the story!

For the record, I try hard to write books that people like to re

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Brent Hartinger

Love, Secrets, and Second Chances—February’s Must-Read Books Await!

Brent Hartinger is an author, teacher, playwright, and screenwriter. Geography Club, the first book in his Lambda Award-winning Russel Middlebrook Series, is now a feature film co-starring Scott Bakula and Nikki Blonsky. In 1990, Brent helped found one of the world's first gay teen support groups, in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. In 2005, he co-founded the entertainment website AfterElton.com, which was sold to MTV/Viacom in 2006.

Series

Russel Middlebrook

Books:

Project Pay Day, March 2021
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Three Truths and a Lie, August 2016
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Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams, August 2015
Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #2
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The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, December 2014
Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #1
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The Elephant Of Surprise, February 2013
Russel Middlebrook #4
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Geography Club, March 2004
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