At one point in his career, Hutson used to write under more than 6 pen names. His writing commitments include working for television, magazine, and radio as well. Over 30 novels written by Hutson have become bestsellers. The film, titled Box, was set to begin its shooting in Spring 2009, but the makers decided to drop the idea of producing the film. As a screenwriter, Hutson has penned a screenplay for the October Eleven Pictures production company owned by The Figgis Brothers. After the worldwide success of the film, Simon announced that he is going to make a sequel movie based on the sequel novel called Breeding, but the plan never materialized. Director Juan Piquer Simon used Hutson’s novel Slugs as the basis of his film with the same title. He wrote several novelizations of the Hammer Film Productions under the banner of Random House publication in the UK. It was released in 1985.Īfter working on several original novels, Hutson shifted his focus to movie adaptations again in the 21st century. Author Hutson is credited to have written The Terminator’s UK film novelization. But, after Chas Balun profiled Hutson in the Fangoria magazine, he received exposure in the US as well. The publishing of this book was mainly limited to the UK. His first book was the horror novel called The Skull. The beginning of his career in the field of writing happened in the early 80s. Hutson is an ardent Liverpool F.C supporter. In addition to having an interest in writing horror and suspense stories, he has a great liking for the sport of football. Hutson says that he does not feel any shame in admitting that he was expelled from his school and was fired from numerous odd jobs before he settled down to become a professional writer. Currently, he resides in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and spends most of his time writing novels. Adams, Wolf Kruger, Frank Taylor, and Stefan Rostov.Īuthor Hutson was born in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, the United Kingdom in 1958. Some of the pen names used by him for writing different genres of novels include Nick Blake, Tom Lambert, Daniel Graves, Robert Neville, Samuel P. Other than being a novelist, Hutson has also worked as a screenwriter and short story writer.

Hutson has featured in a couple of horror films himself. The first book of the Slugs series has been adapted into a movie, however, he did not appreciate the movie more than his novel. Hutson is particularly famous for writing the Sean Doyle series, the Heathen series, and the Slugs series. He has written more than 30 novels under his original name and numerous pen names. Shaun Hutson is a well known British writer of horror, thriller, suspense, crime fiction, fantasy, and science fiction stories.

The Terminator by Shaun Hutson