Patrick Somerville

Patrick Somerville is a novelist and television writer who will write for the upcoming event series 24: Live Another Day.

Raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Somerville graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and received an MFA at Cornell University. He published his first short story collection, Trouble, in 2006, and since has published two acclaimed novels, The Cradle (2009) and This Bright River (2012). Somerville's writing has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, and Esquire. In 2013, Somerville joined the writing staff on the FX drama The Bridge, contributing two episodes. He resides in Chicago with his wife and son.