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The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense

A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz

2025-04-24 19:00:00 2025-04-24 20:00:00 America/New_York The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series. Virtual - Virtual

Thursday, April 24
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-24 19:00:00 2025-04-24 20:00:00 America/New_York The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series. Virtual - Virtual

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Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with NYT bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series.

Orphan X, the series opener, introduces the world to the Nowhere Man. He is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them.

But he’s not merely a legend.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man.

Now ten books in, fans cannot get enough of the Orphan X world and Hurwitz can’t wait to tell us all about it. Register now for a conversation you just cannot miss!

About the Author: GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 24 thrillers including the Orphan X series. 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’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks, comics for AWA (including the critically acclaimed anthology NewThink), DC, and Marvel, and poetry. Currently, Gregg is actively working against polarization in politics and culture. To that end, he's penned op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Bulwark, Salon, and others, and has produced several hundred commercials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views on digital TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Duncan Library and the Friends of Beatley Central Library.

Upcoming and previously broadcast book talks can be viewed here.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Author Talks | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | All Alexandria Reads | AAR |

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