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Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist and screenwriter.

Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick Garland. He attended University College School, Hampstead, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history.

His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a movie by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Richard.

The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, The Tesseract, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illustrated with woodcuts by his father.

He wrote the screenplay for the 2007 film Sunshine, starring 28 Days Later lead Cillian Murphy â€" his second screenplay for director Danny Boyle. Garland also served as an executive producer on 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later.

Garland also wrote the first screenplay for Halo (film), the movie adaptation of the successful video game franchise by Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios.

His companion is actor/director Paloma Baeza.

External links

• Alex Garland at the Internet Movie Database
• Backpacker Blues: Spike Magazine interview with Alex Garland
• "Beach Boy" interview