Before the Fall (Hawley) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1967
• Where—New York City, New York, USA
• Education—B.A., Sarah Lawence College
• Awards—Edgar Award
• Currently—lives in Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California


Noah Hawley is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, composer, and novelist, known for creating and writing the FX anthology television series Fargo.

Early life
Hawley was born and raised in New York City, New York. His mother, Louise Armstrong, was a non-fiction writer and activist, and his maternal grandmother was a playwright. His father, Tom Hawley, was a businessman. He has a twin brother, Alexi, who is a writer for the television show The Following and the creator of State of Affairs.

Hawley graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in political science in 1989. He worked for Legal Aid Society in New York City, dealing with cases involving child abuse and neglect. He later moved to San Francisco and did computer programming work at law firms and worked as a paralegal.

Books, TV and film
His novels include Before the Fall (2016), The Good Father (2012) The Punch (2008), Other People's Weddings (2004), and A Conspiracy of Tall Men (1998). Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to  Before the Fall, and Hawly has been tapped to write the screenplay.

Hawley is the creator and showrunner for the television series Fargo (2014), based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film of the same name. Fargo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2014, along with 17 additional nominations. In total, the series has been nominated for 113 awards since its premiere, winning 32 of them.

Hawley resides in Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, with his wife Kyle Hawley and their two children. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 6/9/2016.)