Isaac Marion
| Isaac Marion | |
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| Born | 1981 |
| Occupation | Novelist, musician |
| Website | |
| isaacmarion |
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Isaac Marion is an American writer. He is best known as the best-selling author of the "zombie romance"[1] novel Warm Bodies.
Background
Marion was born in 1981 near Seattle and has always lived either in or around the city. He has also lived in Portland.[2]
Career
Before Warm Bodies, Marion had self-published three other novels.[3] Warm Bodies was published by Atria Books on October 14, 2010.[4] It received critical acclaim from publications such as The Guardian,[5] The Seattle Times[6] and Paste Magazine[7] and authors Audrey Niffenegger and Stephenie Meyer.[8] Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel,[9] and it has been made into the film Warm Bodies, written and directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich. The movie was released on February 1, 2013.[10] On January 28, 2013, the prequel novella to Warm Bodies called The New Hunger was published by Zola Books as an eBook.[11] Marion has also confirmed that he is working on a sequel.[12]
Marion also has one short story published, "Jerry Lives Forever," with the literary nonprofit organization Tethered By Letters.[13]
Music
Besides writing books, Marion also writes music. He has a 2007 solo album, Dead Children (released under the name "Isaac Marion's Moon Colony"), which he considers a companion piece to Warm Bodies.[14] He was also part of a brief electronic/indie rock duo named The Tallest Building in the World, with guitarist Jared McSharry. The pair released their lone concept album, Look Down, in 2005.[15] Both albums made available to download by Marion.
Personal life
Marion is also a photographer and a painter.[16][17] According to his Simon & Schuster biography, Marion decided "to forgo college in favor of direct experience."[18] He began writing while still in high school,[19] and self-published three novels before Warm Bodies.[20]
References
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- Author's website
- The Seattle Times on Isaac Marion and Warm Bodies
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer interview with Isaac Marion
- "Boarded Window (Warm Bodies 0.6 prelude) by Isaac Marion
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- ↑ Simon & Schuster, Authors: Isaac Marion. (Access date 3-12-13)
- ↑ Tom Keogh, "Isaac Marion’s ‘Warm Bodies,’ in theaters this Friday, is a portrait of zombie/human love," The Seattle Times, 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Gary Wolcott, "'Warm Bodies': From short story to movie," Tri-City Herald, 24 January 2013.
