Hartinger's writing honors include The Lambda Literary Award a GLAAD Media Award the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award and an Edgar Award nomination. Īlso a screenwriter, nine of Hartinger's screenplays have been optioned for film, and four are currently in various stages of production, including The Starfish Scream, a gay teen drama Decked, the animated “true” story behind a deck of playing cards and Project Sweet Life, a teen caper movie (based on his own novel) currently in production for a 2020 release. The book is now being developed as a television series. Ī feature film version of Hartinger's first novel, Geography Club, was released in November 2013, co-starring Scott Bakula.

Hartinger's other books, all for young adults, include Grand & Humble (2006) Project Sweet Life (2008) and Three Truths and a Lie (Simon & Schuster, 2016). These last four books were written for adults, and include the teen characters from his earlier YA novels, but now adults in their twenties. He subsequently published seven companion books to that novel, including The Thing I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know (2014) Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams (2015) The Road to Amazing (2016) and The Otto Digmore Difference (2017). His first published book was the young adult novel Geography Club (HarperCollins, 2003). Hartinger is the author of fourteen novels. He earned a bachelor's degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and studied for a master's degree in psychology at Western Washington University. Hartinger was born in 1971 in Washington state and grew up in Tacoma, Washington. Brent Hartinger (born 1971) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his novels about gay teenagers.

Geography Club by Brent Hartinger