ANTHONY MCCARTEN is a New Zealand-born award-winning novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He’s written seven novels and twelve stage plays including Ladies' Night, which won France's Molière Prize in 2001, and Death of a Superhero. His screenplays The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour each garnered worldwide critical acclaim and were nominated for multiple awards, winning three Oscars, three Golden Globes, and five BAFTAs between them. McCarten’s most recent screenplay, The Pope, is soon to be a major motion picture.