Henry Bromell was born in 1947 and is an American author, screenwriter, and director. He attended Eaglebrook School from 1963 to 1964 and the United World College of the Atlantic from 1964 to 1966. He then graduated from Amherst College in 1970.
Bromell's writing career began with his first novel, The Slightest Distance, which won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award. He also published a collection of short stories, I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo, through Knopf. His work has appeared in two O. Henry Award collections.
In addition to his literary pursuits, Bromell has worked extensively in television. He has written and produced for various series, including Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure, Homicide: Life on the Street, Brotherhood, and Carnivàle. He also wrote and directed the feature film Panic and the F. Scott Fitzgerald biopic Last Call.
Bromell has been married twice, first to writer Trish Soodik, with whom he has a son, and then to someone else. Trish Soodik passed away from cancer in January 2009.
Bromell joined the crew of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994 and served as a writer and co-executive producer for the show's third season. He contributed to writing seven episodes for the season. He was promoted to executive producer for the fourth season and wrote a further 17 episodes. He scaled back his involvement with the fifth season and became a consulting producer. He wrote a further two episodes before leaving the crew at the end of the season in 1997. In total, he contributed to writing 26 episodes as a writer over three seasons with the series.
Bromell returned as a co-writer and co-executive producer for the feature-length follow-up Homicide: The Movie in 2000.
