Gregg Hurwitz | |
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Born | San Francisco County, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist, comic book writer |
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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 Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS , [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.
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. [2] He is married and has two daughters. [5]
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.[ citation needed ]
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, [8] 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 Batman: The Dark Knight for DC Comics in 2012. [9] [10]
Released as ebook and audiobook only
Television
Year | Title | Notes |
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1997 | Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might | Miniseries |
2010-2011 | V | 7 episodes; Also consulting producer |
2016 | Queen of the South | Episode "Billete de Magia" |
Film
Year | Title | Writer | Co-Producer |
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2017 | The Book of Henry | Yes | Yes |
2021 | Sweet Girl | Yes | Yes |
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Orphan X is a 2016 thriller novel written by Gregg Hurwitz. It is the first in an eight-book series of the same name from publisher Minotaur Books. For a time, the film rights belonged to Warner Bros.
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...