He also authored the young-adult fiction Summerland in 2002 and the children’s book The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man in 2011 as well as the short fiction piece Citizen Conn in 2012. Chabon won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and has won many other awards as well. His novel Wonder Boys was adapted into a film in 2000 and Chabon also wrote the screen story for the 2004 movie Spider-Man 2. His book The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a film in 2008 and he wrote the screenplay for the 2012 movie John Carter.
