Max Barry
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Max Barry (born March 18, 1973) is the Australian author of Syrup (his pen name for that novel was Maxx Barry for satirical, not pretentious, purposes) Jennifer Government, and Company. He is also the creator of NationStates (a game created to help advertise Jennifer Government) and owner of the website Tales of Corporate Oppression.
He lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter, and worked as a marketer for Hewlett-Packard before he became a novelist.
In early 2004 Barry converted his web site to a weblog and began regularly posting to it.
In the November 2004 issue of the magazine Fast Company the novel Company was ranked at number 8 on a list of the top 100 “people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.” Template:Ref
Barry has recently finished writing the screenplay for Syrup, which was optioned by Fortress Entertainment. Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to Company, whch will be adapted by Steve Pink. Jennifer Government has also been optioned by Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films.
On NationStates, his original nation was called "Maxtopia" but since it was deluged with messages, he let it die off, creating a different nation name he has so far not revealed 1.
Bibliography
- Syrup (1999), ISBN 0140291873
- Jennifer Government (2003), ISBN 1400030927
- Company (2006), ISBN 0385514395
References
- Template:NoteLidsky, David (Issue 88, November 2004). "Fast Forward 2005". Fast Company. p.69