Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz was born in 1973 and is currently 53 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 16 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 Code which was released in 2025. There is an upcoming novel for the Evan Smoak/Orphan X series titled Antihero which is being released on February 10th, 2026.

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 Last Orphan won the International Thriller Writers Award, Best Audio Book, in 2024.

The following novels by Gregg Hurwitz were 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 / We Know: 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).
• Orphan X: Edgar Award, Best Short Story (2026).

Gregg Hurwitz: Lists & Other Mentions

• Orphan X was a Richard & Judy Book Club 2016 Autumn Pick.
• The Last Orphan was a Richard & Judy Book Club 2023 Autumn Pick.

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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4. Kyle Mills, author of the Mitch Rapp Series.
5. Brad Taylor, author of the Pike Logan Series.
6. Ben Coes, author of the Dewey Andreas Series.
7. Vince Flynn, author of the Mitch Rapp Series.
8. Andrew Child, author of the Jack Reacher Series.
9. Andy McNab, author of the Nick Stone Series.
10. Andrew Gross, author of the Ty Hauck Series.

Gregg Hurwitz: F.A.Q