Stephen Gallagher

Born in Salford, Lancashire, Stephen Gallagher has a career both as a novelist and as a creator of primetime miniseries and episodic television. His fifteen novels include CHIMERA, OKTOBER, and VALLEY OF LIGHTS. He's the creator of Sebastian Becker, Special Investigator to the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy, in a series of novels that includes THE KINGDOM OF BONES, THE BEDLAM DETECTIVE, and THE AUTHENTIC WILLIAM JAMES. In his native England he's adapted and created hour-long and feature-length thrillers and crime dramas. In the US he was lead writer on NBC's CRUSOE, creator of CBS Television's ELEVENTH HOUR, and Co-Executive Producer on ABC's THE FORGOTTEN. Recent screen credits include an award-winning SILENT WITNESS and STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN.