Patrick Somerville

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Patrick Somerville
Somerville at Brooklyn Book Festival, 2011
Somerville at Brooklyn Book Festival, 2011
Born (1979-04-14) April 14, 1979 (age 47)
NationalityAmerican
Genrenovel

Patrick Somerville (born April 14, 1979)[1] is an American novelist and television writer living in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Career

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Novels

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Somerville graduated from Cornell University in 2005.[2] He published his debut novel, The Cradle, in 2009[3] and his second novel This Bright River in 2012.[4]

Television

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In 2013, Somerville joined the writing staff of The Bridge,[5] where he wrote two episodes of the series.[6][7] From 2015 to 2017, he was a writer on the HBO series The Leftovers.[8] In October 2016, it was announced that Somerville would write the Netflix series Maniac.[9] In December 2017, he signed a deal to develop new TV and digital projects exclusively for Paramount Television (now Paramount Television Studios).[10] In October 2019, it was announced that he would be the writer and showrunner for a 10 episode HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven.[11] He was also the showrunner for the first season of the series Made for Love.[12]

In April 2022, it was announced that Somerville and Emily St. John Mandel would adapt The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility as two Station Eleven followup series for HBO Max.[13]

In July 2025, it was announced that Somerville would serve as showrunner for the Wolfenstein adaptation for Amazon Prime Video.[14]

Film

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Somerville is set to write and produce an original script, Ursa Major, directed by Jonathan and Josh Baker for XYZ Films. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Xochitl Gomez are attached to star in the film.[15]

Publications

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Novels

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  • The Cradle (2009)[16]
  • This Bright River (2012)[17]

Short story collections

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  • Trouble: Stories (2006)[18]
  • The Universe in Miniature in Miniature (2010)[19]

Filmography

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Year Title Credited as Notes
Creator Writer Producer
2013–2014 The Bridge No Yes No 4 episodes
2014 24: Live Another Day No Yes No 2 episodes
2015–2017 The Leftovers No Yes Yes As writer (4 episodes)
As co-producer (season 2)
As supervising producer (season 3)
2018 Maniac Yes Yes Executive Miniseries (10 episodes)
2021–2022 Made for Love Co-creator Yes Executive Co-created with Alissa Nutting, Dean Bakopoulos and Christina Lee
As writer (3 episodes)
2021–2022 Station Eleven Yes Yes Executive Miniseries (10 episodes)
2025 Predator: Badlands No Yes No Credited for "additional literary material (not on-screen)"[20]
TBA Ursa Major No Yes Yes Post-production

References

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