A Quick One on The Side - Gregg Hurwitz

Welcome to today's guest writer, Gregg Hurwitz.

Gregg was raised in the Bay Area. He completed a BA at Harvard in 1995 and later completed a Master's Degree at Trinity College, Oxford in 1996. His chosen subject was Shakespearean tragedy. Gregg was given an undergraduate scholar-athlete award of the year at Harvard for pole-vaulting. I bet he took some stick for that one. He also played football (that's soccer to American readers) when he was in England.
Gregg now lives in Los Angeles and still plays football (soccer). Apparently, he frequently manages to injure himself.
Gregg's books have led to various award nominations and have been translated into twenty languages. He has also written and contributed to many screenplays. He was a writer/consultant producer on the ABC successful series 'V'. Gregg is also a prolific comic writer. (That is for comics. He is not a comedian. ) He has written Wolverine, Punisher and others for Marvel, Penguin and Prejudice for DC Comics. He was chosen to write Batman: The Dark Knight. Yesterday, Gregg announced that he is to be developing his Tim Rackley books for US television for Sony/TNT with Shawn Ryan. Shawn is well-known for the series 'The Shield', amongst others.

So, here we go, ten quick questions for Gregg...

Who is your favourite author?
"Faulkner."

What would be your favourite book read?
"Red Dragon."
(Thomas Harris' novel introduced us all to Hannibal Lecter. In 1986, Michael Mann directed the first filmed version of the book. 'Manhunter' featured Brian Cox as Lecter and William Petersen as Will Graham. Of course, Petersen went on to star in 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', playing Gil Grissom. In the later films, Anthony Hopkins took on the role of Lecter.)

Who is your favourite band/group?
"Cold Chisel."
(For the uninitiated, they are a rock band from Adelaide, Australia.)

What is your most listened to album?
"The White Album."
(The Beatles album cover had no graphics or text other than the group's name and it has been popularly known simply as the 'White' album.)

What has been the best gig/concert that you have attended?
"The Steve Miller Band, mostly because I was 12 and unchaperoned."

What is your favourite food?
"All of it."

What would be your favourite holiday destination?
"London or Brisbane."

What would be the most autographs you've ever signed in one session?
"I once signed 3,250 books at a warehouse."

Have you ever been mistaken for someone else?
"Sigmund Freud."

(Actually, now you come to mention it...)

How often do you get recognised?
"Once in a while."


My thanks to Gregg for answering my ten quickies today.
My next guest writer is Caro Ramsay. Thank you for reading.....