Burt wrote his first novel during his gap year from school, when he was 18. He read English literature at Oxford University and eventually became a teacher, although he left after five years so he could pursue full-time writing.
In 2017, he was announced as the showrunner of the Alex Rider television series, working with actor Stephen Dillane and Anthony Horowitz, the author of the Alex Rider book series. The trailer for the series was posted on YouTube by Alex Rider TV on the 28th of October 2019.[6]
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burt, born, july, 1972, english, author, bafta, award, winning, screenwriter, worked, series, such, borgias, wire, blood, currently, working, adapting, alex, rider, series, london, 2019bornenglandoccupationwriteryears, active2010, present, contents, early, lif. Guy Burt born 14 July 1972 is an English author and BAFTA award winning screenwriter who has worked on series such as The Borgias and Wire in the Blood and is currently working on adapting the Alex Rider TV series 1 Guy BurtGuy Burt at MCM London Oct 2019BornEnglandOccupationwriterYears active2010 present Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editBurt wrote his first novel during his gap year from school when he was 18 He read English literature at Oxford University and eventually became a teacher although he left after five years so he could pursue full time writing Career editBurt wrote his debut novel After the Hole in 1993 a psychological horror story about a group of private school students trapped in an underground bunker seemingly locked in by a deranged sociopathic classmate He won the Betty Trask Award in 1994 for this work which was adapted into the film The Hole 2001 starring Thora Birch and Daniel Brocklebank He has since published two more novels Sophie 1994 2 and The Dandelion Clock 1999 3 Burt has also written extensively for television contributing episodes of Afterlife Diamond Geezer Ghostboat Kingdom Murder in Mind and The Bletchley Circle 4 In 2016 he wrote Tutankhamun for ITV 5 and won a Best Writer BAFTA for the children s drama Harriet s Army In 2017 he was announced as the showrunner of the Alex Rider television series working with actor Stephen Dillane and Anthony Horowitz the author of the Alex Rider book series The trailer for the series was posted on YouTube by Alex Rider TV on the 28th of October 2019 6 References edit Valerie Hoskins Associates Writers Representing TV and film writers Guy Burt Archived from the original on 28 August 2016 Retrieved 11 July 2018 Burt Guy 2004 Sophie ISBN 9780345446596 Burt Guy 2000 The Dandelion Clock A Novel ASIN B004K6ME5E BBC Radio 4 Front Row Bletchley Circle creator Guy Burt author Donal Ryan the rise of Nollywood BBC Mummy s the word Drama Quarterly Tartaglione Nancy 1 June 2017 Anthony Horowitz s Alex Rider Novels Spy TV Adaptation With Eleventh Hour Deadline Hollywood External links editGuy Burt at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guy Burt amp oldid 1161749238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
