About the Author

A native of Long Island, New York, Guggenheim practiced law at one of Boston's most prestigious firms before getting hired on the writing staff of David E. Kelley's Emmy-winning show about Boston attorneys, "The Practice." Guggenheim then joined "Law & Order," where he wrote for three seasons before moving on to the critically acclaimed series "Jack & Bobby," and later, the ratings juggernaut "CSI: Miami." It was "Jack & Bobby" that introduced Guggenheim to Greg Berlanti, and the two resolved to create a show together, a pact which led to the development of "Eli Stone," for which they received a Writers Guild Award nomination for Best Drama Teleplay.While producing the "Eli Stone" pilot, Berlanti pulled Guggenheim in to help him produce the first season of "Brothers & Sisters." Guggenheim has continued to collaborate with Berlanti on the feature film versions of the DC Comics characters Green Lantern and The Flash. "Green Lantern" was released as a major motion picture starring Ryan Reynolds in June 2011. Guggenheim also served as executive producer of two other television pilots for Berlanti Television: "No Ordinary Family" and "Guilty," the latter of which Guggenheim created.In 2019, Marc Guggenheim served as showrunner and Executive Producer of Amazon's "Carnival Row," starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. He also executive produces the "Tales of Arcadia" trilogy series for Netflix alongside acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro. The third series in the trilogy, "Wizards," will premiere on Netflix in July. (Guggenheim won an Emmy for "Best Writing In An Animated Program" for his work on the first series in the trilogy, "Trollhunters.") 2019 was a prolific year for Marc. In addition to showrunning the CW's epic five-show crossover, "Crisis On Infinite Earths," he added "director" to his résumé, having just wrapped production on Episode 514 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow (which he co-created) .While maintaining a successful career in television, Guggenheim has pursued a parallel career as a screenwriter, with such diverse projects as the film adaptation of "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" (2013) , a feature film version of "Perry Mason" for Robert Downey Jr., and an adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." He is currently at work on feature adaptations of the Marvel super-hero Jackpot (who he co-created) , the Image Comics hero Prophet (created by Rob Liefeld) , and the manga/anime series GANTZ.2014 marked Guggenheim's entry into the world of prose, publishing his first novel "Overwatch" (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown) , which Publisher's Weekly called "a high energy debut...[which] will appeal to readers who appreciate an underdo

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