Making It Up with Gregg Hurwitz, author of the Orphan X series

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz about his writing journey and the Orphan X series.

“I've loved the actual act of writing. You know, I meet a lot of people who wanna be writers. I meet very few who wanna write. I always wanted to write.” — Gregg Hurwitz Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 27 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written sc...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Gregg Hurwitz

Topics covered

• writing
• thrillers
• author interviews
• literary awards
• publishing

Keywords

• Gregg Hurwitz
• Orphan X
• writing process
• thriller novels
• literary awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Thriller Writers

Books & works: Orphan X series

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