Gregg Hurwitz
NYT Bestselling Author of the Orphan X thrillers. OUT OF THE DARK (2019). I write TV, screenplays (#TheBookofHenry) + comics too. It beats working.
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Lessons from Orphan X and His Ten Commandments
Orphan X is a entertaining fiction series from author Gregg Hurtwitz. The hero, Evan Smoak a.k.a. Orphan X, is a product of a government black ops program that turned wayward children into deadly assassins. Smoak is out of the program and has turned...
Gregg Hurwitz
Lessons from Orphan X's Ten Commandments:
@peterkang34 breaks down Evan's rules and applies them to business and ordinary life.
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Joker Earns Its Accolades, But Offers Much More | Samuel R. Staley
Joker is billed as a psychological thriller, and indeed it is… to the core. An origin story for the Batman villain, this dark drama is the blockbuster its creators had hoped, already earning nearly $300 million worldwide. Joker deserves the...
How to Build Close Personal Relationships While Saving the World
Definitions Alpha female: A heroine who, through quick thinking and swift action, overcomes all obstacles to achieve her goals of justice and retribution against evil. Relationships: Those pesky th…
Gregg Hurwitz
To find meaning. As we all know, that is the challenge of a lifetime.” crimereads.com/how-to-build-c… 3/3
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Book review: Out of the Dark
By K.K. WONG AUTHOR David Baldacci wrote on this book’s preface: Read this book. You’ll thank me later”, and I must say that I mirror that sentiment e...
PHOTOS: Poisoned Pen Bookstore celebrates 30 years in Scottsdale. Take a look
PHOTOS: Poisoned Pen Bookstore celebrates 30 years in Scottsdale
Jessye Norman: "O hehrstes Wunder!"
Jessye Norman as Sieglinde sings "O hehrstes Wunder!" from Wagner's´s Die Walküre. Production: Otto Schenk. Conductor: James Levine. April 8, 1989.
Gregg Hurwitz
It makes no human sense what Jessye Norman (RIP) was capable of. Here is one minute of her singing "O hehrstes Wunder!" from Die Walküre. It is one minute of singing that no one else in history could replicate at this level.
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A Texas Ranger got a prolific serial killer to talk. This is how
Texas Ranger James Holland got Samuel Little to admit he strangled 93 women during a decades-long, coast-to-coast rampage.
Gregg Hurwitz
Extraordinary article. How a Texas Ranger got a prolific serial killer to talk. (h/t @phubar) buff.ly/2lGmElT pic.twitter.com/wVJ0R7C1Ng
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The Goodbye Man (May 2020)
A thrilling new Colter Shaw adventure by the master of suspense, Jeffery Deaver. Colter Shaw, the itinerant reward-seeker readers met in The Never Game, returns in a new adventure. The life of a reward-seeker is full of unexpected turns. When Colter...
Human Corpses Keep Moving for Over a Year After Death, Scientist Says — Newsweek
September 13, 2019 Human corpses move around significantly as they decompose, according to an Australian researcher who observed a dead body over a 17-month period. Australian researcher Alyson Wilson, the lead author of the study, found that the...
Oscar Peterson - Hymn To Freedom
Live in Denmark,1964. Oscar Peterson on Piano Ray Brown on Bass Ed Thigpen on Drums
Gregg Hurwitz
This is the track Mia plays when Evan comes to her bedroom. The Oscar Peterson Trio, “Hymn To Freedom.” Human endeavor cannot exceed this.
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Modern life has made it easier for serial killers to thrive — The Atlantic
They get away with their crimes about 40 percent of the time.
The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger - Behind | BookPage
Lisa Unger, author of The Stranger Inside, shares her five favorite vigilantes in fiction
Gregg Hurwitz
Have you read The Stranger Inside by the wonderful @lisaunger yet? Her new one just launched. And here she breaks down her favorite five vigilantes (spoiler alert: Orphan X and Batman are in the mix): buff.ly/2V4xqj7 pic.twitter.com/sxPRBx5guB
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Eyes Wide Shut: 20 years on, Stanley Kubrick’s most notorious film is still shrouded in mystery
On its 20th anniversary, Ed Power reflects on a film that was unflinching in its insights into sexuality and brusque about matters of the heart – to a degree unthinkable in mainstream entertainment today
Gregg Hurwitz
“He looked at me right in the eyes and said ‘Let’s make sex music!’" An account of the intrigue surrounding EYES WIDE SHUT, Kubrick's last masterpiece. buff.ly/2MMTv4D pic.twitter.com/r79yiV0JFV
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Moon Knight Explained: Who Is the Hero of the Disney+ Marvel Series?
Here's everything you need to know about Moon Knight, the psychologically damaged Marvel hero heading to Disney+.
Gregg Hurwitz
Before I wrote Batman, I wrote Moon Knight for @Marvel. Here's some background from our friends at @IGN in anticipation of the upcoming streaming TV series from Disney/Marvel. buff.ly/2Lxd4dZ pic.twitter.com/YMCO5hiSqv
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Other Books
Gregg Hurwitz
If you haven't read my LA thriller, THEY'RE WATCHING, here's your chance to snap it up for $2.99. buff.ly/2zJ3rDF pic.twitter.com/N7lJOTLx1q
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Screenwriting Blog | Final Draft®
All the tips, tricks and information you need to inspire your screenwriting! Read interviews with Hollywood professionals, catch up with industry news, get writing advice and listen to the Final Draft's Write On: Screenwriting Podcast.
Spec Spotlight: Gregg Hurwitz Sells 'Sweet Girl' to Netflix
Jason Momoa attached to star and produce.
Gregg Hurwitz
“You have to be someone who actually likes to write. If you love doing the thing itself, then the agent, the sales, the career is all gravy. But that’s not the point. The point is loving it and devoting the time to do it.” buff.ly/34kKUeJ pic.twitter.com/YKTsIXYTFs
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Hellbent
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Evan Smoak - government assassin gone rogue - returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series.
Taken from a...
In the Orbit of: Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Hurwitz
In the Orbit of: Gregg Hurwitz. Let's talk about Orphan X, comics, research, the crime fiction community, and why nobody wanted me to write The Penguin miniseries for DC. buff.ly/2KKyF3E pic.twitter.com/aijhfeyT8f
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