Anthony McCarten's debut novel, Spinners, won international acclaim, and was followed by The English Harem and the award-winning Death of a Superhero, and Show of Hands, all four books being translated into 14 languages. McCarten has also written 12 stage plays, including the worldwide success Ladies? Night, which won France's Molière Prize, the Meilleure Pièce Comique, in 2001, and Via Satellite, which he adapted into a feature film and directed, premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Also a filmmaker, he has thrice adapted his own plays or novels into feature films, most recently Death Of A Superhero (2011) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Anthony divides his time between London and Los Angeles.
