McCarten was born and raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and attended Francis Douglas Memorial College. He worked as a reporter for a couple of years on The Taranaki Herald before studying for an Arts degree at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied creative writing with Bill Manhire. After leaving university, McCarten played in a production of King Lear.\n', '

A three time Academy Award nominated and double BAFTA winning screenwriter and film producer of the films The Theory Of Everything and Darkest Hour, as well as a celebrated novelist, author of seven novels, he received early international success with his play Ladies Night. Translated into twelve languages, it continues to play worldwide. In 2001, it won France\'s premiere theatre award for comedy, the Molière Prize. In 2015 he was inducted as a Literary Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Authors.\n', '

McCarten\'s novels have been translated into 14 languages. His first novel, Spinners (Picador, 2000), was voted one of the top ten novels of that year by Esquire magazine. His third novel, Death of a Superhero, won the 2008 Austrian Youth Literature Prize and was a finalist for the 2008 German Youth Literature Prize.\n', '

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