Ernest Cline net worth 2024, age, height, wife, girlfriend, kids, biography, wiki

Ernest Line is a novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter and is best known for the’ Fanboys’ film released in 2009. He is also known for novels that he wrote named ‘Ready Player One,’ ‘ Ready Player Two’  and ‘Armada.’ Also, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of ‘ ready Player One,’ which Steven Spielberg directed.

Follow through as we discuss the exciting details about his life and career.

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Early Life & Biography

Ernest Cline, also known as Ernest Christy Cline, was born on 19 March 1972 in a beautiful city called Ashland, Ohio, where he grew up. His parents were Ernest Christy Cline and Faye Imogene (née Williams) Cline

Cline spent most of his early life doing support jobs involving computers, a tech support drone, and an elitist video store clerk. This allowed him a lot of time and access to the internet, where he indulged in his pop-culture obsession. This significantly shaped his career.

Moreover, in his love for videos and his work there, he became a self-proclaimed video game addict. He also had favorite games, some of which are  ‘ Star Wars ‘ and  ‘Blac Tiger,’ which turned out to be a significant influence on most of his wors. This was back in the 1970s to 1980s

Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements

Being born on 29 March 1972, Ernest Cline is 52 years old as of today’s date 23rd November 2024. His height is 179 cm tall, and weight is 75 Kg.

Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids

Cline was a lucky person. In 1998, during one of the events,’ National Poetry Slam,’ he met Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, who he later got married to in 2016.

There are no indications about an affair or relationship before or after, so we assume that there was none. There is also no record of children so far.

We will keep you updated as we get more information on his personal life.

Career

Cline initially performed his original work in the Austin Poetry Slam venues back in 1997. This went on until 2001. During this time, some of his most popular spoken word pieces are ‘Moneys,’ ‘Dance, ‘” Nerd Porn Auteur, and ‘When I Was a Kid.”.

He also reworked “Dance Monkeys Dance” into a faux educational filmstrip. This instantly became a hit and went viral. Currently, it has been translated into 29 different languages.

In 2001, he released a chapbook collection of his spoken-word writing, which was self-published. This collection was named ‘ The Importance of being Ernest’ and followed up with an album dubbed ‘ The Gee Wants Out.’

In June 2010, he sold his first novel ‘Ready Player One, which had a vision of the 2040s. This boo was sold in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group, and novel rights sold the following day to ‘Warner Bros’ where Cline co-wrote the screenplay. A series of staged video gaming tests followed, similar to the story’s plot. Currently, the paperback is in its 17^th printing.

Cline released another book, ‘ Armada.’ on 4 July 2015, and as fast as it was released, the film rights were sold to Universal Pictures in December 2015 for a lot of money.

In November 2020, Cline released a sequel to ‘ Ready Player One,’ ‘ Ready Player Two.’

Awards & Achievements

Cline has had many milestones in his career, including the boos he has written and tall his other works. Between 1998 and 2001, he competed on the Austry Poetry Slam Team at the 1998 Austin National Poetry Slam and in the 2001 Seattle National Poetry Slam. In this period, he was the Austin Poetry Slam Champ.

, his boos have been bought by big film companies  like ‘Warner Bros’ and  ‘Universal Pictures.’

We look forward to more of his achievements since he is still at the peak of his career.

Net Worth & Salary of Ernest Cline in 2024

Cline’s net worth has been attributed largely to the release of his boos and his collections. This started early on in his life. As of November 2024, his net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

We also assume that he has been working on many more books; therefore, his net worth is expected to rise. Therefore, we expect to hear more from him. Any updates will be done promptly. We wish him well

Ernest Cline is one very ambitious person. We see a turn of events in his life because what appeared to be a  series of dull jobs served as a basis for his career. He got to explore the internet and eventually discovered what he loved. These became his career and the basis of his wealth.

His story is one of inspiration as it shows that even talents and hobbies can be a great source of living.