About Gregg

Long Bio:

Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times, #1 internationally bestselling author of 24 thrillers, including the Orphan X series, and two award-winning thriller novels for teens. His novels have won numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW).

Gregg has written screenplays for or sold spec scripts to many of the major studios (including SWEET GIRL and THE BOOK OF HENRY), and written, developed, and produced television  for various networks. He is also a New York Times bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for AWA (Knighted and the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin). He has published poetry, numerous academic articles on Shakespeare, taught fiction writing in the USC English Department, and guest lectured for UCLA, and for Harvard in the United States and internationally. In 2022, he helped write the opening ceremony of the World Cup. In the course of researching his thrillers, he has sneaked onto demolition ranges with Navy SEALs, swum with sharks in the Galápagos, and gone undercover into mind-control cults.

Currently, Gregg is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he’s produced several hundred commercials which got over a hundred million views on digital TV platforms. His editorial pieces have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Bulwark, and others.

Profiles:

• " 'NewThink' Graphic Novel Stamps Hard on Hot Button Issues Dividing America," Forbes, Dec. 14, 2022
• "Billy Ray, Gregg Hurwitz Discuss Messaging Advice They Offered Dozens of Democratic Candidates This Year,” The Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 8, 2022
• “Orphan X novelist Gregg Hurwitz talks ‘Prodigal Son,’ Shakespeare and the home life of assassins,” The Orange County Register, Jan. 1, 2021
• “How 5 Top Screenwriters Created $1B of “Game Changing” Political Content (for Free)," The Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 31, 2020
• “The Hollywood Three Tries to Save Western Civilization," Vanity Fair, July 21, 2019
• “Saratoga Native, Now A New York Times Bestselling Author," The Mercury News, Feb. 8, 2018
• “Gregg Hurwitz is full of thrilling, erudite contradictions," The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 14, 2016
• “Slaying Dragons," Harvard Magazine, August 2009

 

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Orphan X Novels:

• The Last Orphan, Minotaur Books, 2023
• Dark Horse, Minotaur Books, 2022
• Prodigal Son, Minotaur Books, 2021
• Into the Fire, Minotaur Books, 2020
• Out of the Dark, Minotaur Books, 2019
• Hellbent, Minotaur Books, 2018
• The Nowhere Man, Minotaur Books, 2017
• Orphan X, Minotaur Books, 2016

Other Novels:

• Don't Look Back, St. Martins Press, 2014
• Tell No Lies, St. Martins Press, 2013
• The Survivor, St. Martins Press, 2012
• You’re Next, St. Martins Press, 2011
• They’re Watching, St. Martins Press, 2010 (published as Or She Dies in the UK)
• Trust No One, St. Martins Press, 2009 (published as We Know in the UK)
• The Crime Writer, Viking, 2007 (published as I See You in the UK)
• Last Shot, William Morrow, 2006
• Troubleshooter, William Morrow, 2005
• The Program, William Morrow, 2004
• The Kill Clause, William Morrow, 2003
• Do No Harm, William Morrow, 2002
• Minutes to Burn, HarperCollins, 2001
• The Tower, Simon & Schuster, 1999

Young Adult Thrillers:

• Last Chance, Tor, 2017
• The Rains, Tor, 2016

Orphan X Stories:

• "The Recital: An Orphan X Short Story," Minotaur Books, 2023
• "The List: An Orphan X Short Story," Minotaur Books, 2020.
• "The Intern: An Orphan X Short Story," Minotaur Books, 2018.
• "Buy a Bullet," For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, Pegasus Books. 2018
• "Buy a Bullet," Minotaur Books, 2016

Other Fiction:

• “The Thief,” First Thrills, Forge Books, 2010
• “Damage,” Hint Fiction, W. W. Norton & Company, 2010
• “Back and Forth,” Uncage Me, Bleak House Books, 2009
• “Dirty Weather,” Thriller, Mira Books, 2006
• “The Real Thing,” Meeting Across the River, BloomsburyUSA, 2005
• “All Said and Done,” Show Business is Murder, Berkeley Crime Press, 2004

Films:

• Sweet Girl, 2021
• The Book of Henry, 2017

Poetry:

• “Grievance,” Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts, 2021

Articles:

• "Fifty Trillion Reasons Why," The Bulwark, October 21,2020
• "What if Donald Trump is What America Needed," The Bulwark, August 19, 2020
• "Unplug from the Matrix," The Bulwark, August 16, 2020
• "Income Injustice," The Bulwark, July 22, 2020
• "America's Underlying Injustice Just Won't Disappear," The Bulwark, July 1, 2020
• It's a Set Up," The Bulwark, June 2, 2020
• "Is the Spell of Political Correctness Breaking", The Bulwark, May 27, 2020
• "The Fault in Ourselves. We have made the political culture we despise", The Bulwark, April 29, 2020
• "We Can Wake Up Now", The Bulwark, March 20, 2020
• "There's a Better Way for Democrats to Talk About Immigration", The Daily Beast, March 8, 2020
• "Are All Democrats Socialist? Don't Believe the Hype", Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2019
• "How Thrillers Offer an Antidote to Toxic Masculinity", The Guardian, July 20, 2018
• "Shakespeare: The Original Thriller Writer", The Huffington Post, Aug. 20, 2013
• "Is Social Networking Making Us Dumber?" The Huffington Post, July 7, 2010
• "What Made Von Brunn Do It?", The Huffington Post, July 19, 2009
• "A Tempest, A Birth and Death: Freud, Jung, and Shakespeare’s Pericles."
  Sexuality and Culture, Rutgers University, Volume 6 Number 3, Summer 2002
• "The Fountain, from the which my Current Runs: A Jungian Interpretation of Othello."
  The Upstart Crow, Clemson University, Volume XX, 2000
• "Transforming Text: Iago’s Infection in Welles’ Othello."
  Word & Image journal, UPenn, Volume 13, No 4, October-December 1997

 

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Comics Bibliography

NewThink:

• NewThink, TPB, 2022
• The Skreens, AWA, 2022
• A Fair Tale, AWA, 2022
• Red of Beak and Claw, AWA, 2022
• Nowtopia, AWA, 2022
• A Children's Story, AWA, 2022

Knighted:

• Knighted, TBD, 2022
• The Rise of Bob, AWA, 2021
• SuperBob, AWA, 2021
• Playtime's Over, AWA, 2022
• The Promise of Carnage, AWA, 2022
• Knightmare, AWA, 2022

Batman Books:

• The New 52 Zero Omnibus, DC Comics, 2012
• Batman Detective #0, The Final Lesson, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #0, Chill in the Air, DC Comics 2012
• The Dark Knight #10, The Hollow Man, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #11, Cycle of Violence, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #12, Mirror, Mirror, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #13, The Undead Past, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #14, The Twilight Kingdom, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight #15, Cross to Bear, DC Comics, 2012
• The Dark Knight Trade Edition #2: Cycle of Violence (issues #10-#15, #0), DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #16, Touch of Crazy, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #17, Sweet Obsession, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #18, Devil’s Bargain, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #19, Pool of Tears, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #20, Down, Down, Down, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #21, Mad, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight Trade Edition #3: Mad (issues #16-#21), DC Comics, 2014
• The Dark Knight Annual #1, Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #22, Breaking Point, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #23, Rampant, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #24, Audience of One, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight #25, Full House, DC Comics, 2013
• The Dark Knight Trade Edition #4 Clay (issues #22-27), DC Comics, 2015
• Batman Detective Trade Edition #2: Scare Tactics, DC Comics, 2014
• Detective Comics #27 Special 75th Anniversary Edition, DC Comics, 2014

The Penguin

• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #1, Cold World, DC Comics, 2011
• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #2, Beautiful Boy, DC Comics, 2011
• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #3, Blind Love, DC Comics, 2011
• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #4, Practice Run, DC Comics, 2012
• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #5, Touch of Death, DC Comics, 2012
• Penguin: Pain And Prejudice Trade Edition (issues #1-#5), DC Comics, 2012

Moon Knight

• Vengeance of Moon Knight #1, Knight Falls, Marvel, 2009
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #2, Past is Prologue, Marvel, 2009
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #3, Full Moon, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #4, The Bushman Cometh, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #5, The Sentry’s Curse, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #6, The White Knight, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Collection (includes issues #1-3), Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Collection: Shock and Awe (includes issues #1-6), Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #7: Killed Not Dead, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #8: Sweet Slumber, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #9: Collision, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight #10: Team Player, Marvel, 2010
• Vengeance of Moon Knight Trade Edition #2: Killed, Not Dead (issues #7-10), Marvel, 2010
• Shadowland #1: The Second Avatar, Marvel, 2010
• Shadowland #2: Eclipsed, Marvel, 2010
• Shadowland #3: Brothers in Arms, Marvel, 2010
• Shadowland Collection (includes issues #1-3), Marvel, 2011

Punisher

• Punisher #61, Quinceanera, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Punisher #62, Another Day in Paradise, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Punisher #63, She is Dead, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Punisher #64, Satan Dust, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Punisher #65, Jigsaw, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Punisher Trade Edition #6 (issues #61-#66), Marvel MAX, 2011
• Gateway (included in Punisher #75), Marvel MAX 2009
  Punisher: Girls in White Dresses, trade, Marvel MAX 2009

Wolverine

• Wolverine Annual #1, The Death Song of J. Patrick Smitty, Marvel, 2007
• Wolverine, Swallowed the Spider (or Flies to a Spider), Marvel, 2008
• Wolverine, Punching Bag (included in Switchback), Marvel, 2008
• Wolverine, Dangerous Games (includes Death Song), hardcover and softcover trade, Marvel, 2009
• Wolverine, Flies to a Spider trade collection (includes Flies to a Spider), Marvel, 2009

FoolKiller

• Foolkiller #1, A Day Late and Forty Thousand Dollars Short, Marvel MAX, 2007
• Foolkiller #2, Fortune’s Fool, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #3, Fool’s Errand, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #4, Foolproof, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #5, Nobody’s Fool, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller Limited Series #1: Fool’s Paradise (issues #1-#5), Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #1, White Angels, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #2, Punishment Fits the Crime, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #3, Fool’s Gold, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #4, Goodnight Moon, Marvel MAX, 2008
• Foolkiller #5, Play the Fool, Marvel MAX 2008
• Foolkiller Limited Series #2: White Angels (issues #1-#5), Marvel MAX, 2009

Others

• Red Mercury (included in the The Savage Axe of Ares), Marvel, 2010