Neil Cross | |
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| Born | Neil Claude Gadd (1969-02-09)9 February 1969 (age 57) Bristol, England |
| Occupation | Novelist,crime writer and televisionscriptwriter |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Notable works | Luther Spooks Doctor Who Hard Sun |
| Children | 2 |
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| www | |
Neil Claude Cross (néGadd; born 9 February 1969) is a British novelist and scriptwriter, best known as the creator of the drama seriesLuther andHard Sun. He is also the showrunner for the TV adaptation ofThe Mosquito Coast, which began airing in 2021.
Neil Claude Gadd was born inBristol on 9 February 1969, to unhappily married parents, Alan and Edna (née Noyes) Gadd. He was the youngest of their four children.[1] His mother ran away when he was five, returned two years later and took him to Edinburgh with Derek Cross, a White South African who was to become his stepfather and whose surname he would adopt.[2]
Neil Cross graduated from the University of Leeds in 1994 with a degree in English and Theology, and received his master's degree in English in the year following.[3] His initial career was solely as a novelist, beginning withMr In-Between, which was published in 1998 (and adapted intoa film in 2001).[citation needed]
His novel,Always the Sun, which was long-listed for theBooker Prize,[4]Burial andCaptured; and has written a memoirHeartland, which was short-listed for thePEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography of excellence. His most recent novel,Luther: The Calling, was published in 2011. In 2019 it was announced he was adaptingBurial into what became theITV seriesThe Sister.[5]
In 2011, Cross was included inVariety magazine's list of "10 Screenwriters to Watch".[6]
| Production | Episodes | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Spooks |
| BBC One |
| The Fixer |
| ITV |
| Luther |
| BBC One |
| Whistle and I'll Come to You |
| BBC Two |
| Doctor Who |
| BBC One |
| Crossbones |
| NBC |
| Hard Sun |
| BBC One |
| The Sister |
| ITV |
| The Mosquito Coast |
| Apple TV+ |
| The Iris Affair |
| Sky Atlantic |
| Production | Role | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| Mr In-Between (2001) | Adapted by Peter Waddington, from Cross' novel | Verve Pictures |
| Mama.[7] (2013) | Co-written with Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti | Universal Pictures |
| Pacific Rim (2013) | (uncredited script doctor)[8][9] | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) | Writer and producer (continuation of theseries)[10] | Netflix |
| Luther 3 | Writer and producer[11] |
