Language English Role Novelist Nationality British Spouse Nadya Cross | Children 2 Parents Derek Cross Name Neil Cross | |
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Born Neil Gadd
2 September 1969 (age 54)
Bristol, United Kingdom ( 1969-09-02 ) Occupation Novelist, crime writer and television scriptwriter Notable works Luther
Spooks
Doctor Who Movies and TV shows Luther, Crossbones, Mama, Midnight Delivery, Mr In-Between, Whistle and I'll come to You Awards Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay Books Luther: The Calling, Always The Sun, Holloway Falls, Mr In‑between, Natural history Similar People Barbara Muschietti, Andres Muschietti, Warren Brown, Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley | ||
Neil cross on spooks and luther
Neil Cross (born 2 September 1969) is a British novelist and scriptwriter, best known for being creator of the drama series Luther.
Contents
- Neil cross on spooks and luther
- Life and career
- Television
- Film
- Luther Series 1
- Luther Series 2
- Luther Series 3
- Books
- References
Life and career
Cross was born in Bristol on 2 September 1969. His initial career was solely as a novelist, beginning with Mr In-Between, which was published in 1998 (and adapted into a film in 2001).
He later diversified into television, writing an episode of the BBC spy drama Spooks in 2006 before becoming lead writer on the sixth and seventh series of the show. He has also written for The Fixer and Doctor Who ("The Rings of Akhaten" and "Hide"). In 2010 he wrote a new adaptation of Whistle and I'll Come to You, from the story by M. R. James.
He has created two television series: BBC crime thriller Luther (for which he wrote all the episodes); and Crossbones, an action adventure pirate series for NBC (co-created with James V. Hart and Amanda Welles). Cross also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film Mama.
He has continued to write novels, including Always the Sun, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize, Burial and Captured; and has written a memoir Heartland, which was short-listed for the PEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography of excellence. His most recent novel, Luther: The Calling, was published in 2011.
In 2011, Cross was included in Variety magazine's list of 10 Screenwriters to Watch. Whilst working for companies in the UK and the US, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand, with his wife and two sons.
In 2016, he was offered season 3 of Daredevil and the Defenders but declined both.