Gregg Andrew Hurwitz is an American

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, and

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. Most of his novels are in the thriller

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genre. His script writing work includes a film adaptation of his book '' Orphan X'', a TV adaptation of

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's '' Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS'', and a screenplay for the 2017 film ''

The Book of Henry ''The Book of Henry'' is a 2017 American drama thriller film directed by Colin Trevorrow and written by Gregg Hurwitz. The film stars Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell (then known as Jaeden Lieberher), Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace, Maddi ...

''. He also has written comic books for comic book publishers like

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and

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Personal life and education

Hurwitz grew up in the

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and graduated from

Bellarmine College Preparatory Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, Jesuit, private secondary school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. In 2020, Niche ...

in San Jose, California. While completing a bachelor of arts degree from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

(1995) and a master's from

Trinity College, Oxford (That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody) , named_for = The Holy Trinity , established = , sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge , president = Dame Hilary Boulding , location = Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH , coordinates ...

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(1996), he wrote his first novel. At Harvard, he was a student of psychologist

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, who influenced his writing. 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. Hurwitz lives in Los Angeles. He is married and has two daughters.

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 International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide h ...

, nominated for the

CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for best thriller of the year. The award is sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming. It is given to a title that fits the broadest definition of th ...

, chosen as feature selections for four major literary book clubs, honored as

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Picks, and translated into 28 languages. He wrote the original screenplay for the film ''

'' (2017), directed by Collin Trevorrow for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, and filmed in New York. His 2016 novel ''Orphan X'' was picked up by Warner Bros. with

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to direct. Hurwitz will write the screenplay adaptation. Hurwitz has written ''

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'', ''

The Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'', and ''

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'' for

, and published numerous academic articles on Shakespeare. He has taught fiction writing in the

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English Department, and guest lectured for

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and

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He also has written and produced season two of the TV show '' V''. He became the writer of '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' for

in 2012.

Bibliography

Novels

Orphan X Thrillers series

# '' Orphan X'', January 2016 # '' The Nowhere Man'', January 2017 # ''Hellbent'', January 2018 # ''Out of the Dark'', January 2019 # ''Into the Fire'', January 2020 #''Prodigal Son'', January 2021 #''Dark Horse'', February 2022

= Orphan X short stories

= Released as

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and

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only * " Buy a Bullet", (Book 1.5) October 2016 * "The Intern", (Book 3.5) December 2018 *"The List", (Book 5.5) August 2020

The Rains Brothers

# ''The Rains'', October 2016 # ''Last Chance'', October 2017

Tim Rackley

# ''The Kill Clause'', August 2004 # '' The Program'', August 2005 # '' Troubleshooter'', July 2006 # ''

Last Shot "Last Shot" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kip Moore. It is the second single to his third studio album '' Slowheart''. Moore wrote the song with Dan Couch and David Lee Murphy, and produced it himself. Content ...

'', July 2007

Stand-alones

* ''The Tower'', April 1999 * ''Minutes to Burn'', July 2001 * ''Do No Harm'', July 2002 * ''The Crime Writer'' (also known as ''I See You''), June 2008 * ''Trust No One'' (UK title as ''We Know''), June 2010 * ''

You're Next ''You're Next'' is a 2011 American slasher film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton and Rob Moran. The plot concern ...

'', November 2010 * ''They're Watching'' (UK title as ''Or She Dies''), April 2011 * ''The Survivor'', July 2012 * ''Tell No Lies'', August 2013 * ''Don't Look Back'', August 2014

Comic books

DC Comics

* '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' #10–29, 0, ''Annual'' #1, 2012–2014 * ''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman i ...

'' #0, 27, 2012–2014 * '' Penguin: Pain and Prejudice'' #1–5, 2011–2012

Marvel Comics

* ''Foolkiller'' vol. 2 #1–5, 2007 * ''

: White Angels'' #1–5, 2008–2009 * '' The New Avengers'' #55, 2009 * ''

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'' #61–65, 75, 2008–2009 * ''The Savage Axe of

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'' #1, 2011 * ''The Vengeance of

Moon Knight Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabb ...

'' #1–10, 2009–2010 * ''Shadowland: Moon Knight'' #1–3, 2010 * '' Wolverine Annual'' #1, 2007 * ''Wolverine: Flies to a Spider'' #1, 2009 * ''Wolverine: Switchback'' #1, 2009 * ''

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'' #4, 2009

Filmography

Television

* '' V'' (7 episodes, 2010–11) * '' Queen of the South'' (Season 1 Episode 8: ''Billete de Magia'')

Film

* ''

'' * '' Sweet Girl''

References

External links

*
MacMillan author page
*
Gregg Hurwitz
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurwitz, Gregg 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford American comics writers American crime fiction writers American male novelists American male screenwriters American mystery novelists Harvard University alumni Living people Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from California 21st-century American screenwriters