Anthony McCarten Books in Order

Teenage meat-packer Delia Chapman reports seeing a spaceman in an isolated New Zealand town. As the story spreads, her neighbors' hidden desires and anxieties surface, transforming an extraordinary claim into a revealing small-town upheaval.

Fired from her supermarket job, imaginative Tracy Pringle finds work at a Persian restaurant. Her new surroundings draw her into an unconventional domestic arrangement, forcing her to navigate cultural expectations, prejudice and the complications of love.

Thomas Edison accepts financial backing from J.P. Morgan, hoping to pursue inventions without monetary limits. Drawn into the banker's privileged world, he faces moral compromises that threaten both his creative independence and his sense of himself.

Teenager Donald Delpe escapes his leukemia diagnosis through a comic-book world of superheroes and villains. A psychologist tries to reach him, but helping Donald pursue his deepest wish could demand choices that defy professional boundaries and parental trust.

A car dealer offers a new Land Rover to whoever keeps a hand on it longest. As strangers compete through exhausting days and nights, their private needs, rivalries and hopes turn a publicity stunt into a test of character.

A grieving family's relationships unravel through online escapes, secret connections and compulsive gaming. Jim Delpe reluctantly enters the digital world himself, hoping to reach his wife and surviving son before their separate lives pull them apart.

Five unemployed Liverpool men decide a stripping act could solve their money problems. With help from a dance instructor, they navigate awkward rehearsals, bruised pride and unfamiliar expectations while trying to turn desperation into a viable performance.

Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Bergoglio confront their histories and opposing approaches to faith as the papacy faces change. This play explores conscience, institutional responsibility and the difficult choices behind an extraordinary transfer of authority.

In New York in 1984, an aging Andy Warhol joins rising artist Jean-Michel Basquiat for a much-anticipated exhibition. Their creative partnership becomes a personal encounter that challenges their reputations, ambitions and understanding of each other.

Ten volunteers attempt to disappear while a powerful surveillance system tracks them down. Boston librarian Kaitlyn Day seems an unlikely challenger, but her reasons for entering the experiment extend far beyond its prize money.

Anthony McCarten traces the friendship between Bill Gates and Warren Buffett from their first meeting to their philanthropic ambitions. He examines how two immense fortunes and contrasting personalities helped shape a partnership with consequences far beyond either man's life.