Gregg Hurwitz Explained

Gregg Hurwitz
Birth Place:San Francisco County, California, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist, comic book writer
Genre:Thriller
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Gregg Andrew Hurwitz is an American novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer. Most of his novels are in the thriller fiction genre. His script writing work includes a film adaptation of his book Orphan X, a TV adaptation of Joby Warrick's ,[1] and a screenplay for the 2017 film The Book of Henry. He also has written comic books for comic book publishers like DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

Biography

Hurwitz grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California.[2] While completing a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University (1995) and a master's from Trinity College, Oxford, in Shakespearean tragedy (1996), he wrote his first novel. At Harvard, he was a student of psychologist Jordan Peterson, who influenced his writing.[3] He was the undergraduate scholar-athlete of the year at Harvard for pole vaulting and played college soccer in England, where he was a Knox Fellow.[4]

Hurwitz lives in Los Angeles. He is married and has two daughters.[5]

Career

Hurwitz is the author of The Tower, Minutes to Burn, Do No Harm, The Kill Clause, The Program, Troubleshooter, Last Shot, The Crime Writer, Trust No One, Don't Look Back, and Orphan X. His books have been shortlisted for best novel of the year by the International Thriller Writers, nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, chosen as feature selections for four major literary book clubs, honored as Book Sense Picks, and translated into 28 languages.

He wrote the original screenplay for the film The Book of Henry (2017), directed by Collin Trevorrow for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, and filmed in New York.[6]

His 2016 novel Orphan X was picked up by Warner Bros. with Bradley Cooper to direct.[7] Hurwitz will write the screenplay adaptation. Hurwitz has written Wolverine, The Punisher, and Foolkiller for Marvel Comics, and published numerous academic articles on Shakespeare. He has taught fiction writing in the USC English Department, and guest lectured for UCLA and Harvard. He also has written and produced season two of the TV show V.

He became the writer of for DC Comics in 2012.[8] [9]

Bibliography

Novels

Orphan X Thrillers series

  1. Orphan X, January 2016
  2. The Nowhere Man, January 2017
  3. Hellbent, January 2018
  4. Out of the Dark, January 2019
  5. Into the Fire, January 2020
  6. Prodigal Son, January 2021
  7. Dark Horse, February 2022
  8. The Last Orphan, February 2023
  9. Lone Wolf, February 2024
Orphan X short stories

Released as ebook and audiobook only

The Rains Brothers

  1. The Rains, October 2016
  2. Last Chance, October 2017

Tim Rackley

  1. The Kill Clause, August 2004
  2. The Program, August 2005
  3. Troubleshooter, July 2006
  4. Last Shot, July 2007

Stand-alones

Comic books

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Filmography

Television

YearTitleNotes
1997Miniseries
2010-2011V7 episodes;
Also consulting producer
2016Queen of the SouthEpisode "Billete de Magia"

Film

YearTitleWriterCo-Producer
2017The Book of Henry
2021Sweet Girl

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Black Flags Miniseries About Rise of ISIS from Bradley Cooper & Todd Phillips in Works at HBO. Andreeva. Nellie. August 4, 2016. Deadline Hollywood. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163717/https://deadline.com/2016/08/bradley-cooper-black-flags-isis-miniseries-hbo-todd-phillips-1201798580/. June 12, 2018. live. mdy-all. October 13, 2017.
  2. Web site: For Hurwitz, thrillers come when sleep won't . John . Wilkens . July 23, 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130901024142/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/23/for-hurwitz-thrillers-come-when-sleep-wont/ . September 1, 2013 . live . mdy-all .
  3. News: Tom. Bartlett. What's So Dangerous About Jordan Peterson?. January 17, 2018. The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 19, 2018. A former student of Peterson’s at Harvard, Gregg Hurwitz, now a writer of best-selling thrillers, has long drawn inspiration from him. Hurwitz slipped some of Peterson’s self-help quotes into his novel Orphan X....
  4. Web site: Gregg Hurwitz: Writing from experience. Craig. Sisterson. May 20, 2011. The New Zealand Herald. Auckland, New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092740/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10726873. October 6, 2014. live. mdy-all.
  5. Web site: Brown. Nell Porter. Slaying Dragons. Harvard Magazine. October 16, 2016. July–August 2009. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: Colin Trevorrow Tweets The Book of Henry Has Wrapped Filming. Kinsey. Lowe. November 21, 2015. Deadline Hollywood. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310141332/http://deadline.com/2015/11/colin-trevorrow-the-book-of-henry-wraps-nyc-1201633764/. March 10, 2016. live. mdy-all.
  7. Bradley Cooper in Talks to Tackle Orphan X for Warner Bros.. Borys. Kit. Rebecca. Ford. February 9, 2015. The Hollywood Reporter. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328035721/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bradley-cooper-talks-tackle-orphan-769976. March 28, 2016 . live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: The Bat Signal: Gregg Hurwitz Makes The Dark Knight A 'Survivor'. Kiel. Phegley. August 3, 2012. Comic Book Resources. https://web.archive.org/web/20120807052025/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40257. August 7, 2012. live. mdy-all. August 31, 2013.
  9. Web site: Interview: Gregg Hurwitz. July 3, 2012. Major Spoilers. https://web.archive.org/web/20130806031641/http://majorspoilers.com/2012/07/03/interview-gregg-hurwitz/. August 6, 2013. live. mdy-all. August 31, 2013.

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