The Night Of's screenwriter is also a Canadian novelist.
Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter . Richard Price ( born October 12 , 1949 ) is an American novelist and screenwriter , known for the books The Wanderers ( 1974 ) , Clockers ( 1992 ) and Lush Life ( 2008 ) . Steven Zaillian . Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian ( born January 30 , 1953 ) is an Armenian-American screenwriter , director , film editor , producer , and founder of Film Rites , a film production company . The Night Of . The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh .