Hornby’s novel About a Boy was published in 1998. The book was turned into a movie in 2002 and Hornby received the E.M. Forster Award for it. Horny bas published seven novels as well as screenplays, short stories, non-fiction, and anthologies. His 2005 novel A Long Way Down was adapted into a movie in 2014. He served as the film’s executive producer, and also produced An Education, The Perfect Catch, About a boy, and The Real James Bond’s Gadgets. Hornby made a cameo in the film Fever Pitch as a school football coach. The 2009 film An Education earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.