(CNN) -- Self-discipline and a bit of synchronicity have turned into best-selling success for author Matthew Quick. The former high school teacher describes writing fiction as taking the chaos that's happening inside him and turning it into something orderly on the page. It's working: He has turned out four best-selling books, including one, "The Silver Linings Playbook," that was made into an Oscar-winning movie. Now Quick is continuing to ride his hot streak with a new novel, "The Good Luck of Right Now," out this month. In "The Good Luck of Right Now," Quick's narrator also turns to writing to make sense of his life. Dementia takes over in the final days of Bartholomew Neil's mother's life, and she starts calling her son Richard. He finds a "Free Tibet" form letter signed by actor Richard Gere, and thinking there must be some connection, Bartholomew starts writing awkward, intimate letters to the actor."The Good Luck of Right Now" is the story of a middle-aged man after his mother's deathThe book is written as a series of letters from the narrator to actor Richard GereAuthor Matthew Quick wrote the best-selling novel "The Silver Linings Playbook""The Good Luck of Right Now" and Quick's other books are being adapted for film
"Dear Mr. _," each chapter of the novel begins. CNN: After the success of "_," you have multiple movie adaptations of your books in the works.