Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His 2008 debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a ]]New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several... Wikipedia