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.
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.Id. The book has been translated into 29 different languages, and a screenplay for a film adaptation has been written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).Nick Newman, "Simon Beaufoy Adapting Sci-Fi Novel ‘Raw Shark Texts’; ‘Sharp Teeth’ Still on the Table", The Film Stage, 11 June 2012.
Hall has written for Granta Magazine and Lonely Planet.Stephen Hall page, Granta Contributors.British Council on Literature. He has also written scripts for Doctor Who radio dramasSteven Hall, CMT Artists and was the lead writer for the video games Crysis 3,Interview: Steven Hall, Writer of CRYSIS 3, Starburst."Interview with Crysis 3 writer, Steven Hall", Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Ryse: Son of Rome,Gamewise Credits, Ryse: Son of Rome. Battlefield 1, and Battlefield V.
In 2007, Hall was named as one of Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future". In 2010, Hall was named as one of the best 20 novelists under 40 by The Daily Telegraph.Lorna Bradbury, "Are these Britain's best 20 novelists under 40?", The Telegraph, 18 June 2010. In 2013, Hall was named as one of Granta′s Best of Young British Novelists 2013 out of 20 novelists listed in total.Dan Lewis, "Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2013 announced", Waterstones Blog.
Works
Novels The Raw Shark Texts (2007) Maxwell's Demon (2021)
Short stories "Stories for a Phone Book," in New Writing 13 (2005)"Stories for a Phone Book", Steven Hall Forum. "Ten Tickets," in "A Couple of Stops (Light Transit)" (2006) "What I Think About When I Think About Robots," in Granta 109: Work (2010)Granta 109: Work, Winter 2009. "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) Borders Original Voices Award (2007) for The Raw Shark Texts Somerset Maugham Award (2008) for The Raw Shark Texts Granta Best of Young British Novelists (2013)
References
External links Steven Hall Official Site Ongoing Steven Hall Reddit AMA