Patrick Somerville

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

Career Novels Somerville graduated from Cornell University in 2005. He published his debut novel, The Cradle, in 2009 and his second novel This Bright River in 2012.

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

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.

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

Film 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.

Publications

Novels The Cradle (2009) This Bright River (2012)

Short story collections Trouble: Stories (2006) The Universe in Miniature in Miniature (2010)

Filmography Year Title Credited as Notes Creator Writer Producer 2013–2014 The Bridge 4 episodes 2014 24: Live Another Day 2 episodes 2015–2017 The Leftovers As writer (4 episodes)As co-producer (season 2)As supervising producer (season 3) 2018 Maniac Miniseries (10 episodes) 2021–2022 Made for Love Co-created with Alissa Nutting, Dean Bakopoulos and Christina LeeAs writer (3 episodes) 2021–2022 Station Eleven Miniseries (10 episodes) 2025 Predator: Badlands Credited for "additional literary material (not on-screen)" TBA Ursa Major Pre-production