Steven Hall (author)

Steven Hall
Steven Hall at the "Humber Mouth" Hull literature festival 2006
Born1975 (age 50–51)
Derbyshire, England
OccupationWriter

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][2]

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.[3] The book has been translated into 29 different languages, and a screenplay for a film adaptation has been written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).[4]

Hall has written for Granta Magazine and Lonely Planet.[5][6] He has also written scripts for Doctor Who radio dramas[7] and was the lead writer for the video games Crysis 3,[8][9] Ryse: Son of Rome,[10] Battlefield 1, and Battlefield V.

In 2007, Hall was named as one of Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future".[11] In 2010, Hall was named as one of the best 20 novelists under 40 by The Daily Telegraph.[12] In 2013, Hall was named as one of Granta′s Best of Young British Novelists 2013 out of 20 novelists listed in total.[13]

Works

Novels

Short stories

  • "Stories for a Phone Book," in New Writing 13 (2005)[16]
  • "Ten Tickets," in "A Couple of Stops (Light Transit)" (2006)
  • "What I Think About When I Think About Robots," in Granta 109: Work (2010)[17]
  • "The End of Endings," in Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4 (2013)

Computer games

Radio plays

Advertising

Awards and prizes

References

  1. ↑ "Steven hall, raw shark texts, author, write, novel". 10 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Arts, Electronic (12 January 2017). "Developer Q&A: Writing for Battlefield 1". Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Id.
  4. ↑ Nick Newman, "Simon Beaufoy Adapting Sci-Fi Novel ‘Raw Shark Texts’; ‘Sharp Teeth’ Still on the Table", The Film Stage, 11 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Stephen Hall page, Granta Contributors.
  6. ↑ British Council on Literature.
  7. ↑ Steven Hall, CMT Artists
  8. ↑ Interview: Steven Hall, Writer of CRYSIS 3, Starburst.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Crysis 3 writer, Steven Hall", Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
  10. ↑ Gamewise Credits, Ryse: Son of Rome.
  11. 1 2 "UK authors of the future unveiled". BBC News. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  12. ↑ Lorna Bradbury, "Are these Britain's best 20 novelists under 40?", The Telegraph, 18 June 2010.
  13. ↑ Dan Lewis, "Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2013 announced", Waterstones Blog.
  14. ↑ "The Raw Shark Texts". HarperCollins. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  15. ↑ "Maxwell's Demon - Steven Hall - Paperback".
  16. ↑ "Stories for a Phone Book", Steven Hall Forum.
  17. ↑ Granta 109: Work, Winter 2009.
  18. ↑ "ウェーブキーとは？防犯性はどれくらい？仕組みを解説！". Archived from the original on 6 January 2008.
  19. ↑ "The Somerset Maugham Awards Past Winners - Prizes, Grants & Awards - the Society of Authors". Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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