Abdi Nazemian

Abdi Nazemian is an Iranian-American author, screenwriter, and producer whose debut novel The Walk-In Closet won the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards in 2015.[1]

Abdi Nazemian
Nazemian at BookCon in June 2019
Nazemian at BookCon in June 2019
Born1976 (age 46–47)
Iran
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Alma materChoate Rosemary Hall
Years active2000s–present
Notable worksThe Walk-In Closet
Notable awardsLambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction (2015)

Career

Nazemian is a Choate Rosemary Hall alumnus. It was at Choate that he first wanted to become a writer. Nazemian continued his education at Columbia University and then at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received an MBA.[2]

Since, Nazemian has also worked as a screenwriter,[3] including the television shows Ordinary Joe, Almost Family and The Village, and the films The Artist's Wife, Menendez: Blood Brothers, Beautiful Girl, Celeste in the City and The Quiet. As head of development for Water's End Productions, Nazemian has served as an executive producer or associate producer on numerous films, including Call Me By Your Name, Little Woods, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, It Happened in L.A., The Price, and The House of Tomorrow.

Literary work

His debut young adult novel, The Authentics, was released in 2017 by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins.[4] His third novel, Like A Love Story, a love letter to queer history, ACT UP and Madonna, was released in 2019 by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins.[5] It was chosen by Time magazine as one of the hundred best young adult novels of all time,[6] received a Stonewall Honor and a nomination for the Audie Awards.[7] His fourth novel, The Chandler Legacies, which is inspired by his time at boarding school, was published by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins in 2022.

References
  1. "Need to Know: Iranian-American Writer Abdi Nazemian". Out, June 9, 2015.
  2. "Columbia Spectator 8 May 1996 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. "Screenwriter Abdi Nazemian Says Hollywood Films Are A 'Very Sad Depiction Of Gay Culture'". Huffington Post, May 31, 2014.
  4. "The Authentics, by Abdi Nazemian". Kirkus Reviews, May 24, 2017.
  5. Needle, Chael (October 8, 2019). "Abdi Nazemian: Cover Story". A&U. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. "The 100 Best YA Books of All Time". Time. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  7. "2020 Audie Award Finalists". Audible.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.


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