| Adam Hamdy | |
| Birth Date: | 1974 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Author, screenwriter, film producer |
| Nationality: | British |
| Period: | 2004 - present |
| Notableworks: | Pendulum, Black 13, Private Moscow |
Adam Hamdy (born 12 March 1974) is a Sunday Times best-selling British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known for his novels, Pendulum, Black 13, and Private Moscow, co-written with James Patterson.
Hamdy was born and raised in London, United Kingdom. He attended the University of Oxford, and graduated with a degree in law. He also holds a degree in philosophy from the University of London. Hamdy joined the consulting team at Lloyd's of London. From there, he went on to join a niche management consulting firm and worked in the technology and medical sectors.
Using seed finance provided by the partners in his consulting firm, Hamdy founded a company that developed specialist online payment systems. He raised £7.5m in venture capital to launch the business. The business was later sold to one of the venture capital investors.
Hamdy left the corporate world to work as a writer. His novel, Pendulum,[1] was published internationally[2] by Headline in November 2016. In January 2017 it featured on BBC Radio 2's Book Club.[3] Freefall[4] and Aftershock[5] completed the Pendulum trilogy.
Hamdy signed a three book deal with Pan Macmillan for a new series of contemporary espionage books set against a backdrop of rising political extremism. Black 13,[6] the first book in the series was published in January 2020. The second book, Red Wolves, was published in July 2021.[7]
Hamdy co-wrote Private Moscow[8] with James Patterson, and the book became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in September 2020.[9] The follow-up, Private Rogue, became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in July 2021.[10]
His novel The Other Side of Night was published in September 2022 by Pan Macmillan in the UK and Atria Publishing Group in the United States.[11] [12]
Hamdy produced the feature film, Pulp, which became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform.[13]
In February 2020, Hamdy became a vocal critic of the UK Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has written extensively on the subject.[14] [15] Further to this, Hamdy was one of the authors of the John Snow Memorandum, which points out that from evidence-based considerations a "pandemic management strategy relying upon immunity from natural infections for COVID-19 is flawed".[16]