Patrick Somerville is a novelist and screenwriter who currently has an overall deal with Paramount Television. He received two straight-to-series orders by HBO Max with “Made for Love” and “Station 11.” He developed and show-ran “Station 11″ and created, wrote, and executive produced the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Maniac.” Somerville’s work on “Maniac” received two nominations for both the WGA and PGA Awards. He also served as writer/producer on the HBO drama “The Leftovers” and got his start in television writing on the FX drama “The Bridge” and FOX’s “24: Live Another Day.”
Somerville’s books include two collections of stories, Trouble (2006) and The Universe in Miniature in Miniature (2010), and two novels, The Cradle (2009) and This Bright River (2012). The Cradle was nominated for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Award. It was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick for Spring 2009, a Target Emerging Writers Pick, and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. This Bright River was a New York Times Editor’s Choice as well, and The Universe in Miniature in Miniature was short-listed for the 2010 Story Prize.
Somerville’s writing has also appeared in The New York Times, GQ, Esquire, and more. He is a MacDowell Fellow and the winner of the 2009 21st Century Award, given annually by the Chicago Public Library.
He grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, went to college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later earned his MFA from Cornell University. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three kids.