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Noah Hawley (born 1967) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, author, and singer. He is best known for creating and writing the FX series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–2019). He also worked on the series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009), and My Generation (2010). Hawley wrote the film The Alibi (2006) and wrote and directed the film Lucy in the Sky (2019). He has also written six novels and is a singer, having contributed to the soundtracks of Fargo and Legion by singing covers of popular music produced by composer Jeff Russo. He will write and direct the upcoming FX series Alien, which is based on the film franchise and is expected to premiere in 2025. Early life Hawley was born in New York City in 1967, the son of non-fiction writer and feminist activist Louise Armstrong (1937–2008) and businessman Tom Hawley. His maternal grandmother was a playwright. He has a twin brother named Alexi, who is also a television writer and is best known as the creator of the series State of Affairs, The Rookie, and The Recruit.In 1989, Hawley graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in political science. He worked for the Legal Aid Society in New York City, dealing with cases involving child abuse and neglect, a topic on which his mother had written ground-breaking books. He later moved to San Francisco, California. He worked as a paralegal and in computer programming at law firms. Career Books Hawley has published six novels: A Conspiracy of Tall Men (1998), Other People's Weddings (2004), The Punch (2008), The Good Father (2012), Before the Fall (2016), and Anthem (2022). He also published the non-fiction work Fargo: This is a True Story (2019). Television Hawley was a writer and producer on the first three seasons of Bones (2005–2008). He was also a creator and an executive producer of The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation (2010).Hawley is the creator, primary writer, and executive producer of the FX anthology series Fargo (2014–present), based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film of the same name. In 2014, Fargo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries, along with 17 additional nominations at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. In total, the series has been nominated for 113 awards since its premiere, winning 32. In December 2015, Hawley extended his production deal with FX. He wrote and served as executive producer for Legion (2017–2019), a series based on the Marvel comic book character.Hawley will create, write, direct, and produce Alien, a series based on the film franchise. It is expected to air on FX in 2025. Film Hawley wrote the original screenplay for the film The Alibi (2006).In September 2014, Hawley signed a deal with Universal Pictures to script an untitled project for their then-upcoming Dark Universe. Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Hawley's novel, Before the Fall, with him writing the screenplay. In 2016, his 26 Keys production company signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to do films.On July 20, 2017, Hawley announced at Comic Con that he was writing and directing a Doctor Doom movie with 20th Century Fox. However, the project was shelved following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.In 2019, he made his feature film directorial debut with Lucy in the Sky, a drama film starring Natalie Portman as an astronaut, for Fox Searchlight.In November 2019, it was announced that Hawley would be writing and directing the fourth installment in the rebooted Star Trek franchise. He finished the script in September 2020. It would feature a new crew, although set in the same universe. In late November 2020, the project was cancelled. Personal life Hawley and his wife, Kyle, have two children together. They split their time between Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Filmography Film Television Published works Hawley, Noah (1998). A Conspiracy of Tall Men. Harmony. ISBN 978-0609602805. Hawley, Noah (2004). Other People's Weddings. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312322731. Hawley, Noah (2008). The Punch. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811864299. Hawley, Noah (2012). The Good Father. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385535533. Hawley, Noah (2016). Before the Fall. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1455561780. Hawley, Noah (2022). Anthem. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-53-871151-4.References External links Media related to Noah Hawley at Wikimedia Commons Noah Hawley at IMDb. Discover the Noah Hawley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Noah Hawley books.

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    Drowning

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    Diane Johnson

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    Scrublands

    Chris Hammer

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