How NY Times Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz Writes

New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author, Gregg Hurwitz, spoke with me about why all writing is a process of self-discovery, how to humanize a trained assassin, and the latest Orphan X thriller, THE LAST ORPHAN.

Gregg Hurwitz is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author of 23 thrillers including the ORPHAN X series. He has been published in 33 languages, and the Los Angeles Times called him “... a thriller giant." 

He is also a NY Times bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for AWA (Knighted and the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin).

His eighth Orphan X novel is The Last Orphan, the ongoing series featuring The Nowhere Man, “Evan Smoak, a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past.”

#1 NY Times bestselling author Meg Gardiner said of the book, "Just when I thought the Orphan X novels couldn’t get any better, Gregg Hurwitz takes the series to an even higher level. The Last Orphan is pulse-pounding, heart-stopping, and thought-provoking.”

Gregg Hurwitz has written screenplays and TV scripts for many of the major studios and networks, has published poetry, numerous academic articles on Shakespeare, and has taught fiction writing at USC.

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In this file Gregg Hurwitz and I discussed: 

• The reason he never took a creative writing class
• Why Orphan X is the culmination of his career
• Plot as character in motion
• How every writer’s voice is as distinctive as a fingerprint
• Writing Batman vs Bruce Wayne and villains vs antagonists
• Grabbing a bourbon with William Faulkner
• And a lot more!

Show Notes:

• GreggHurwitz.net
• The Last Orphan By Gregg Hurwitz (Amazon)
• Gregg Hurwitz Amazon Author Page
• Gregg Hurwitz on Facebook
• Gregg Hurwitz on Instagram
• Gregg Hurwitz on Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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