Adam Hamdy (born 12 March 1974) is a Sunday Times best-selling British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known for his novels, Pendulum, Black 13, and Private Moscow, co-written with James Patterson.

Biography

Hamdy was born and raised in London, United Kingdom. He attended the University of Oxford, and graduated with a degree in law. He also holds a degree in philosophy from the University of London. Hamdy joined the consulting team at Lloyd's of London. From there, he went on to join a niche management consulting firm and worked in the technology and medical sectors.

Using seed finance provided by the partners in his consulting firm, Hamdy founded a company that developed specialist online payment systems. He raised £7.5m in venture capital to launch the business. The business was later sold to one of the venture capital investors.

Hamdy left the corporate world to work as a writer. His novel, Pendulum,^[1] was published internationally^[2] by Headline in November 2016. In January 2017 it featured on BBC Radio 2's Book Club.^[3] Freefall^[4] and Aftershock^[5] completed the Pendulum trilogy.

Hamdy signed a three book deal with Pan Macmillan for a new series of contemporary espionage books set against a backdrop of rising political extremism. Black 13,^[6] the first book in the series was published in January 2020. The second book, Red Wolves, was published in July 2021.^[7]

Hamdy co-wrote Private Moscow^[8] with James Patterson, and the book became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in September 2020.^[9] The follow-up, Private Rogue, became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in July 2021.^[10]

His novel The Other Side of Night was published in September 2022 by Pan Macmillan in the UK and Atria Publishing Group in the United States.^[11][12]

Hamdy produced the feature film, Pulp, which became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform.^[13]

In February 2020, Hamdy became a vocal critic of the UK Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has written extensively on the subject.^[14][15] Further to this, Hamdy was one of the authors of the John Snow Memorandum, which points out that from evidence-based considerations a "pandemic management strategy relying upon immunity from natural infections for COVID-19 is flawed".^[16]

Works

• Battalion (2010)
• Out of Reach (Endeavour Press, 2014)
• Pendulum (Headline, 2016)
• Freefall (Headline, 2017)
• Aftershock (Headline, 2018)
• Black 13 (Pan Macmillan, 2020)
• Private Moscow (Cornerstone & Arrow, 2020)
• Private Rogue (Cornerstone & Arrow, 2021)
• Red Wolves (Pan Macmillan, 2021)
• The Other Side of Night (Pan Macmillan, Atria Publishing Group 2022)

Filmography

• Pulp (2012) Director, Producer

References

External links

• Adam Hamdy at IMDb