Nic Pizzolatto

Nic Pizzolatto, born Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto on October 18, 1975, is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the critically acclaimed HBO crime drama series True Detective. Pizzolatto was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family. He attended St. Louis Catholic High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and later graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.A. in English and philosophy. After the death of a writing mentor, Pizzolatto temporarily gave up writing and worked as a bartender and technical writer in Austin, Texas. He later pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas, receiving prestigious fellowships for his work.More