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🗓️ 9 February 2022
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Today’s guest on Danger Close is Gregg Hurwitz.
Gregg is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the acclaimed Orphan X series. His latest novel, Dark Horse, hits shelves on February 8, 2022. Gregg has written more than 20 books, and currently serves as co-president of the International Thriller Writers organization. In addition to his novels, he’s written for numerous TV and film projects and has authored issues of several high-profile comic book franchises for both Marvel and DC including Batman: The Dark Knight, Punisher, Wolverine, X-Men, and The New Avengers. His writing on pop culture and politics have also appeared in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Bulwark, and others.
You can follow him on Twitter @gregghurwitz and learn more about his work at gregghurwitz.net
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0:00.0 | This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carter. |
0:13.0 | Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal |
0:16.7 | Credit Union. |
0:17.7 | I guess today, Greg Horowitz. |
0:20.0 | He is the author of the Orphan X series, his latest, is out in February and it is amazing |
0:26.6 | called Dark Horse. He's also the author, 23 novels in total, two young adult titles, |
0:34.4 | multiple comic books to include writing Wolverine, Punisher, Batman Dark Knight, a host of others |
0:42.4 | and has had a ton of success in Hollywood as a screenwriter. |
0:46.9 | So incredible human being, such a nice guy and had a great conversation with him. |
0:51.7 | So you can find out more, Greg Horowitz.net, check out everything he has going on right there |
0:57.4 | and enjoy this conversation. |
0:59.9 | Now, without further ado, Greg Horowitz. |
1:07.6 | We just did an audio book conversation to go with Dark Horse, with the latest Orphan X |
1:14.7 | novel. |
1:16.2 | And we're probably going to cover a couple things that may have some overlap. |
1:20.8 | But before we get to this novel, how did you get to this novel? |
1:25.3 | This is the seventh or for next, I believe. |
1:28.6 | But it's your 23rd novel. |
1:31.5 | And I went back to look when your first one was, 1999. |
1:36.5 | You went doing this for over 20 years now, over two decades. |
1:41.3 | So what was your journey up to and then deciding to write that first novel and get it published? |
1:48.5 | Well, it's really funny, so I went to college. |
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