Steven Hall (author)
Steven Hall (born 1975 in Derbyshire) is a British writer. He is the author of The Raw Shark Texts, lead writer of the video game Battlefield 1, and writer on Nike's World Cup short film The Last Game.[1]
His debut novel, The Raw Shark Texts won the 2008 Somerset Maugham Award and a 2007 Borders Original Voices Award, and was shortlisted for the 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award.[2] The book has been translated into 29 different languages, and a screenplay for a film adaptation has been written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).[3]
Hall has written for Granta Magazine and Lonely Planet.[4][5] He has also written scripts for Doctor Who radio dramas[6] and was the lead writer for the video games Crysis 3,[7][8] Ryse: Son of Rome,[9] and Battlefield 1.
In 2007, Hall was named as one of Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future".[10] In 2010, Hall was named as one of the best 20 novelists under 40 by The Daily Telegraph.[11] In 2013, Hall was named as one of Granta′s Best of Young British Novelists 2013 out of 20 novelists listed in total.[12]
Works
- Stories for a Phone Book, in New Writing 13 (2005)[13]
- The Raw Shark Texts (2007)[14]
- The Word Lord, in Doctor Who: Forty-Five (2008)
- What I Think About When I Think About Robots, in Granta 109: Work (2010)[15]
- Doctor Who: A Death in the Family (2010)
- Crysis 3 (2013)
- The End of Endings, in Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4 (2013)
- Ryse: Son of Rome (2013)
- The Last Game for Nike (2014)
- Battlefield 1 (2016)
Awards and prizes
- Waterstones 25 authors for the Future (2007)[10]
- Borders Original Voices Award (2007) for The Raw Shark Texts[16]
- Somerset Maugham Award (2008) for The Raw Shark Texts[17]
- Granta Best of Young British Novelists (2013)
References
- ↑
- ↑ Id.
- ↑ Nick Newman, "Simon Beaufoy Adapting Sci-Fi Novel ‘Raw Shark Texts’; ‘Sharp Teeth’ Still on the Table", The Film Stage, 11 June 2012.
- ↑ Stephen Hall page, Granta Contributors.
- ↑ British Council on Literature.
- ↑ Steven Hall, CMT Artists
- ↑ Interview: Steven Hall, Writer of CRYSIS 3, Starburst.
- ↑ "Interview with Crysis 3 writer, Steven Hall", Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- ↑ Gamewise Credits, Ryse: Son of Rome.
- 1 2 "UK authors of the future unveiled". BBC News. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ Lorna Bradbury, "Are these Britain's best 20 novelists under 40?", The Telegraph, 18 June 2010.
- ↑ Dan Lewis, "Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2013 announced", Waterstones Blog.
- ↑ "Stories for a Phone Book", Steven Hall Forum.
- ↑ "The Raw Shark Texts". HarperCollins. 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
- ↑ Granta 109: Work, Winter 2009.
- ↑ http://www.bordersmedia.com/features/originalvoices/fiction2007.asp
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.