Steven Hall (author)

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]

Steven Hall at the "Humber Mouth" Hull literature festival 2006

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.^[2] The book has been translated into 29 different languages, and a screenplay for a film adaptation has been written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).^[3]

Hall has written for Granta Magazine and Lonely Planet.^[4][5] He has also written scripts for Doctor Who radio dramas^[6] and was the lead writer for the video games Crysis 3,^[7][8] Ryse: Son of Rome,^[9] Battlefield 1, and Battlefield V.

In 2007, Hall was named as one of Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future".^[10] In 2010, Hall was named as one of the best 20 novelists under 40 by The Daily Telegraph.^[11] In 2013, Hall was named as one of Granta′s Best of Young British Novelists 2013 out of 20 novelists listed in total.^[12]

Works

Novels

• The Raw Shark Texts (2007)^[13]
• Maxwell's Demon (2021)^[14]

Short Stories

• "Stories for a Phone Book," in New Writing 13 (2005)^[15]
• "What I Think About When I Think About Robots," in Granta 109: Work (2010)^[16]
• "The End of Endings," in Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4 (2013)

Computer Games

• Crysis 3 (2013)
• Ryse: Son of Rome (2013)
• Battlefield 1 (2016)
• Battlefield V (2018)

Radio Plays

• "The Word Lord," in Doctor Who: Forty-Five (2008)
• Doctor Who: A Death in the Family (2010)

Advertising

• The Last Game for Nike (2014)

Awards and prizes

• Waterstones 25 authors for the Future (2007)^[10]
• Borders Original Voices Award (2007) for The Raw Shark Texts^[17]
• Somerset Maugham Award (2008) for The Raw Shark Texts^[18]
• Granta Best of Young British Novelists (2013)

References

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

External links

• Steven Hall Official Site
• Official Raw Shark Texts Site