Adam Hamdy (born 12 March 1974) is a Sunday Times best-selling

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, screenwriter and film producer best known for his novels, ''Pendulum'', ''Black 13'', and ''Private Moscow'', co-written with

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Biography

Hamdy was born and raised in

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, United Kingdom. He attended the

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, and graduated with a degree in

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. He also holds a degree in philosophy from the

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. Hamdy joined the consulting team at

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. From there, he went on to join a niche

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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

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to launch the business. The business was later sold to one of the

investors. Hamdy left the corporate world to work as a

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. His novel, ''Pendulum'', was published internationally by

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in November 2016. In January 2017 it featured on BBC Radio 2's Book Club. ''Freefall'' and ''Aftershock'' completed the Pendulum trilogy. Hamdy signed a three book deal with

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for a new series of contemporary espionage books set against a backdrop of rising political extremism. ''Black 13'', the first book in the series was published in January 2020. The second book, ''Red Wolves'', was published in July 2021. Hamdy co-wrote ''Private Moscow'' with James Patterson, and the book became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in September 2020. The follow-up, ''Private Rogue'', became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in July 2021. 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. Hamdy produced the feature film,

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, which became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform. In February 2020, Hamdy became a vocal critic of the UK Government's response to the

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pandemic and has written extensively on the subject. 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".

Works

* ''Battalion'' (2010) * ''Out of Reach'' (Endeavour Press, 2014) * ''Pendulum'' (

, 2016) * ''Freefall'' (

, 2017) * ''Aftershock'' (

, 2018) * ''Black 13'' (

, 2020) * ''Private Moscow'' ( Cornerstone & Arrow, 2020) * ''Private Rogue'' ( Cornerstone & Arrow, 2021) * ''Red Wolves'' (

, 2021) * ''The Other Side of Night'' (

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2022)

Filmography

* ''

'' (2012) Director, Producer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamdy, Adam 1974 births Living people English film producers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English film directors Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Alumni of the University of London Writers from London 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English male writers English male novelists Crime Writers' Association