Do you love action-packed adventure? Are y ou ready for the thrill? You&rsquo\;re invited to a riveting conversation with \;New York Times \;bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he cha ts with us about his \;Orphan X \;series and his life as a writer of suspenseful storytelling.
\nOrphan X\, the seri es opener\, introduces the world to the Nowhere Man. He is a legendary fig ure spoken about only in whispers. It&rsquo\;s said that when he&rsquo\;s reached by the truly desperate and deserving\, the Nowhere Man can and wil l do anything to protect and save them.
\nBut he&rsquo\;s not merely a legend.
\nEvan Smoak is a man with skills\, resources\, and a per sonal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He&rsquo\;s also a man with a dangerous past. Taken from a group home at twelve\, Evan was ra ised and trained as part of the Orphan Program\, an off-the-books operatio n designed to create deniable intelligence assets&mdash\;i.e. assassins. E van was Orphan X. He broke with the Program\, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man.
\nNow ten books in\, fans cannot get enough of the \;Orphan X \;world a nd Hurwitz can&rsquo\;t wait to tell us all about it. Register now for a c onversation you just cannot miss!
\nAbout the Author: \;GREGG HURWITZ is the \;New York Times \;#1 internationall y bestselling author of 24 thrillers including the Orphan X serie s. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally\, he&rsquo\;s written screenplays an d television scripts for many of the major studios and networks\, comics f or AWA (including the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink)\, DC\, and Marvel\, and poetry. Currently\, Gregg is actively working against polariz ation in politics and culture. To that end\, he's penned op-eds for \; The Wall Street Journal\, \;The Guardian\, \;The Bulwark\, \;S alon\, \;and others\, and has produced several hundred commercials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views on digit al TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the 2022 Wor ld Cup.
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