Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz Biography

Gregg Hurwitz was born in 1973 and is currently 51 years old. Gregg Hurwitz was born in San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. Hurwitz attended Harvard University where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Trinity College, Oxford where he received an M.A. Shakespearean Tragedy.

Gregg Hurwitz is the author of the Evan Smoak/Orphan X series which currently consists of 13 novels. The Evan Smoak/Orphan X series started in 2016 with the novel Orphan X. The most recently released novel in the Evan Smoak/Orphan X series was The Recital (Short Story) which was released in 2023. There is an upcoming novel for the Evan Smoak/Orphan X series entitled Lone Wolf which is being released on February 13th, 2024.

Gregg is based in Los Angeles. Along with being an author, Gregg has also written screenplays. He wrote the TV adaptation of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS which was written by Joby Warrick, and also wrote the screenplay for The Book of Henry, a 2017 movie starring Naomi Watts. Gregg also has credit for writing on 7 episodes of the TV show V.

Gregg is also a comic book writer, and has written many comic books for both Marvel and DC Comics. He has written comics in the Batman: The Dark Knight series, as well as some Wolverine comics. Gregg also helped to write the 2022 World Cup opening ceremony.

Hurwitz works with the International Thriller Writers, and is the current co-president.

In an interview with The Book of Man, Gregg felt that The Day of the Jackal was a very influential thriller, and something that he always wanted to write a homage to. He felt his novel Out of the Dark was able to accomplish that. Two authors that were highly influential to Gregg as a kid were Stephen King and Peter Benchley.

A few of Gregg's titles have been listed by The Real Book Spy website including The Nowhere Man which was named one of the Best Spy Thrillers of 2017. In 2018 Hellbent made their list of Best Action Thrillers and in 2019 Out of the Dark was listed among their Top 10 Mystery & Crime Thrillers. Continuing to be recognized by the website, Prodigal Son would be named one of the Best Thrillers released in 2021 and in 2022 Dark Horse was listed among the top 15 Action, Political, Military, and Spy Thrillers of the year.

Gregg Hurwitz Awards & Accolades

Hurwitz's books have won multiple awards, Orphan X won the Suspense Magazine Awards, Crimson Scribe Award, in 2016 as well as the RUSA Awards - Adrenaline Award in 2017. The Rains won the International Thriller Writers Award, Best Young Adult Novel, in 2018.

The following novels by Gregg Hurwitz were also nominated for these awards:

• The Crime Writer / I See You: International Thriller Writers Award, Best Novel (2008). Crime Writer's Association Award, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award (2008).
• Trust No One: Lefty Award, The Panik Award (2010).
• The Survivor: International Thriller Writers Award, Best Hardcover Novel (2013).
• Hellbent: SCIBA Awards, Best Mystery Novel (2018).
• Out of the Dark: Capital Crime Awards, Best Thriller Novel (2019).
• Prodigal Son: Sovas Awards, Best Thriller Voiceover Award (2021). International Thriller Writers Award, Best Audio Book (2022).
• Dark Horse: The Dead Good Reader Award, The Race-Against-Time Award for Best Action Thriller (2022).

Gregg Hurwitz: TV/Movies Based on Books

Gregg has written the screenplay for the movie adaptation of the first novel in the series, Orphan X. The book was never made into a movie however, with Warner Bros purchasing the film rights but then letting them expire. The company Makeready has acquired the rights and their plan is to release a TV shows based on the Orphan X series of novels.

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Austin D.

2 years ago

Out of everything he has written, Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series has to be my favorite, and I am glad it will continue on after Prodigal Son.

Evan Smoak is one of the best written characters in fiction, and is so very heartbreaking. Each one is better than the one before it. You sympathize with Evan’s sensitive side and root for him while he fights the bad guys, wishing that he didn’t have to necessarily pick between the two the whole time.

Joey’s addition into the series is terrific too, and the banter she has with Evan is sometimes hysterically funny.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

I have been orbiting Gregg Hurwitz’s work for many years now. But for some reason, I haven’t yet taken the plunge. I have a friend who loves Orphan X. He gushes about the book every time I mention the film adaptation. He hates the fact that plans for a live-action movie keep unraveling.

Another friend is obsessed with ‘The Book of Henry.’ Apparently, Gregg wrote the screenplay. I think I read one of his Batman comics. I can’t be sure. I vaguely remember seeing his name on a comic book I had just bought.

It doesn’t really matter. This year, I am determined to dedicate my time to Gregg’s stories, starting with Orphan X, if only to determine whether or not it justifies the hype

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Deborah Moore

1 month ago

Probably just a matter of time before the Orphan X novels are made into film since they’re so action packed and enjoyable but in some way, I hope not since rarely is an adapted movie as satisfying as the original book. I might be wrong in this case depending on who plays the lead role.

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Patti Moore

1 month ago

The Orphan X series is one of my all time favorites – I simply cannot find fault with any of them – I just need MORE!!! Feed me!!! I have had #9 Lone Wolf on pre-order from Audible for months now, I’m counting down the days until Feb 13, 2024. Oh, and big shoutout to Scott Brick, the audible reader for this series. His voice is perfect in this role, and I’m so glad that Hurwitz was able to nail him down for all of them!

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