Patrick Somerville

Patrick Somerville (born April 14, 1979)[1] is an American novelist and television writer living in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Patrick Somerville
Somerville at Brooklyn Book Festival 2011
Born (1979-04-14) April 14, 1979
NationalityAmerican
Genrenovel

Career

Somerville graduated from Cornell University in 2005.[2] Somerville published his debut novel, The Cradle, in 2009[3] and his second novel This Bright River in 2012.[4] In 2013, he joined the writing staff of The Bridge,[5] where he wrote two episodes of the series.[6][7] From 2015-17, he was a writer on the HBO series The Leftovers.[8] In October 2016, it was announced that Somerville would write the Netflix series Maniac.[9] In December 2017, he signed a deal to develop new TV and digital projects exclusively for Paramount TV.[10] In October, 2019 it was announced that he would be the writer and showrunner for a 10 episode HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven.[11] He will also be showrunner for the 10-episode half-hour series Made for Love.[12]

Publications

Novels
  • The Cradle: A Novel. Little, Brown. 2009. ISBN 978-0-316-07263-2.[13]
  • This Bright River: A Novel. Little, Brown. 2012. ISBN 978-0-316-20306-7.[14]

Short story collections

References
  1. "Novel Discussions". novel-discussions.blogspot.com.
  2. "Patrick Somerville | Book Cellar | Literary Events". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  3. "To Feather a Nest, a Wild Goose Chase". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  4. "This Bright River". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  5. "Patrick Somerville". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  6. "The Bridge, Ep. 1.10, "Old Friends" keeps the tension high, as more of Tate's plan is revealed". Sound On Sight. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  7. "The Bridge, Ep. 1.07: "Destino" continues tonal and stylistic growth, but can't stem murder-mystery fatigue". Sound On Sight. 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  8. Kachka, Boris. "How to End a TV Show: An Exclusive Look at the Making of The Leftovers Finale". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  9. "Netflix Emma Stone-Jonah Hill Series 'Maniac' From Cary Fukunaga Finds Writer". Deadline. October 21, 2016.
  10. Andreeva, Nellie (2017-12-08). "'Maniac' Creator Patrick Somerville Inks Overall Deal With Paramount TV, Will Shepherd 'Made for Love' TV Adaptation". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  11. Andreeva, Nellie. "Mackenzie Davis & Himesh Patel To Star In 'Station Eleven' HBO Max Limited Series". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  12. "HBO Max Programming Highlights Unveiled at WarnerMedia Day". October 29, 2019.
  13. Peschel, Joseph. "Wacky humor weaves through two stories". stltoday.com.
  14. Henderson, Jane. "Troubled souls return home to remake lives". stltoday.com.
  15. "TROUBLE by Patrick Somerville - Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  16. Peschel, Joseph (20 November 2010). "Somerville spins tales of the future and end" – via The Boston Globe.


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