Let's make this birthday one to remember.

59 years old (Born on August 31, 1965)

Happy Birthday, Blake Nelson! May your day be as thrilling and delightfully unpredictable as a midnight skate through Paranoid Park. Your stories have kept readers on the edge of their seats—sometimes laughing, sometimes gasping—but always turning pages eagerly.

Here's hoping this year brings you even more literary adventures and fewer paranoid moments (unless they're book-related!). Keep inspiring young minds with your unique voice; after all, nobody captures teenage angst quite like you do. Cheers to another chapter filled with creativity, success, and perhaps fewer skateboard mishaps than your characters endure!

Enjoy every moment—you've earned it!