Steven Hall (author)

Steven Hall
Steven Hall at the "Humber Mouth" Hull literature festival 2006
Born1975
Derbyshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationWriter

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][2]

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.[3] The book has been translated into 29 different languages, and a screenplay for a film adaptation has been written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).[4]

Hall has written for Granta Magazine and Lonely Planet.[5][6] He has also written scripts for Doctor Who radio dramas[7] and was the lead writer for the video games Crysis 3,[8][9] Ryse: Son of Rome,[10] Battlefield 1, and Battlefield V.

In 2007, Hall was named as one of Waterstone's "25 Authors for the Future".[11] In 2010, Hall was named as one of the best 20 novelists under 40 by The Daily Telegraph.[12] In 2013, Hall was named as one of Granta′s Best of Young British Novelists 2013 out of 20 novelists listed in total.[13]

  1. ^ "Steven hall, raw shark texts, author, write, novel". 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ Arts, Electronic (12 January 2017). "Developer Q&A: Writing for Battlefield 1". Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ Id.
  4. ^ Nick Newman, "Simon Beaufoy Adapting Sci-Fi Novel ‘Raw Shark Texts’; ‘Sharp Teeth’ Still on the Table", The Film Stage, 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ Stephen Hall page, Granta Contributors.
  6. ^ British Council on Literature.
  7. ^ Steven Hall, CMT Artists
  8. ^ Interview: Steven Hall, Writer of CRYSIS 3, Starburst.
  9. ^ "Interview with Crysis 3 writer, Steven Hall", Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
  10. ^ Gamewise Credits, Ryse: Son of Rome.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Lorna Bradbury, "Are these Britain's best 20 novelists under 40?", The Telegraph, 18 June 2010.
  13. ^ Dan Lewis, "Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2013 announced", Waterstones Blog.