Neil Cross Biography

Fast Facts

• Made Variety's list of "10 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2011
• Won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for "Best Teleplay" in 2010 for "Luther․"
• Has a wife and two sons
• Quote: "(regarding his dark stories and disturbed characters) "Bizarrely, I get a lot of people who are, I think, disappointed to discover that I’m not a psychopath․""
• Quote: "(Jokingly) "The biggest aid to any creative process is the ownership of a mortgage․ It disallows even the remote possibility of anything resembling writer’s block․""
• Award-winning screenwriter whose work includes TV's "Luther," "Doctor Who" and "MI-5," along with the film, "Mama" (2013)
• Is also a best-selling, award-winning novelist ("Always the Sun," "Burial" and "Captured")