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

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and

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Biography

Hurwitz grew up in the

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and graduated from

Bellarmine College Preparatory Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-boys, Jesuit, private secondary school located in San Jose, California. Founded on May 8, 1851, it is the oldest Jesuit secondary school in California and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. ...

in San Jose, California. While completing a

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degree from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

(1995) and a master's from

Trinity College, Oxford Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in E ...

, in

Shakespearean tragedy Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by William Shakespeare. Many of his history plays share the qualifiers of a Shakespearean tragedy, but because they are based on real figures throughout the history of Eng ...

(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, 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 '' The Book of Henry'' (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'', and ''

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'' for

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

USC USC may refer to: Education United States * Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico * University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina ** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina * ...

English Department, and guest lectured for

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and

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

. 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 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 # ''The Last Orphan'', February 2023 # ''Lone Wolf'', February 2024 # ''Nemesis'', February 2025

= 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 Recital", (Book 8.5) November 2023

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, Sarah Myers, Amy Seimetz, Barbara Crampton a ...

'', 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 * ''

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'' #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 * ''

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

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

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'' #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 * '' X-Men Forever'' #4, 2009

Filmography

Television Film

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 Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni