birth_place magnum_opus birth_date article_title name occupation
new york city , united states '' the serialist '' 1967 david gordon -lrb- novelist -rrb-
 david gordon novelist
david gordon -lrb- novelist -rrb-

david gordon is an american novelist .
his debut novel , `` the serialist '' , won the 2011 first novelist award and was a finalist for the mystery writers of america 's 2011 edgar award for best first novel .
its translation into japanese by aoki chizuru as , lit .
`` second-rate novelist '' became a major hit , winning three literary contests and being turned into a full-length motion film by toei , directed by izaki nobuaki and starring kamikawa takaya .
