Gregg Andrew Hurwitz

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Gregg Hurwitz is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of twenty-six 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 internationally in thirty-three languages. Hurwitz currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). He has written screenplays for and sold spec scripts to many major studios and developed and produced television for various networks. He is also a bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for AWA, Marvel, and DC. He has also published poetry, numerous academic articles, taught fiction writing in the USC English Department, and guest lectured for UCLA and Harvard. In 2022, he helped write the opening ceremony of the World Cup. Currently, he is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he’s produced hundreds of commercials and other forms of creative content that have gotten several hundred million views on digital platforms. His editorial pieces have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, Huffington Post, the Bulwark, the Telegraph, Salon, and others.