Question: British screenwriter John Hodge adapted The Beach for a movie from the novel by which author?
Context: Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures.  The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", and later adapted into a 1963 "Twilight Zone" episode, though screenwriter John Gatins placed the film in U.S. state fairs and other "old-fashioned" Americana settings.  "Real Steel" was in development for several years before production began on June 24, 2010.  Filming took place primarily in the U.S. state of Michigan.  Animatronic robots were built for the film, and motion capture technology was used to depict the brawling of computer-generated robots and animatronics. Andrew Macdonald (born 1966) is a Scottish film producer, best known for his collaborations with screenwriter John Hodge and director Danny Boyle, including "Shallow Grave" (1994), "Trainspotting" (1996), "The Beach" (2000) and "28 Days Later" (2002). The Sweeney is a 2012 British action drama film, inspired by the 1970s "The Sweeney", the British television police drama of the same name, but set in contemporary London.  Directed and written by Nick Love, and co-written by John Hodge, it is based on the characters created by Ian Kennedy Martin.  It stars Ray Winstone as Jack Regan, Plan B (credited as Ben Drew) as George Carter, and Damian Lewis as Frank Haskins, with Allen Leech and Hayley Atwell. Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1974) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and the brother of screenwriter Zack Whedon and producer/director/writer Joss Whedon. The Beach is a 2000 British-American adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge.  The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet and, Robert Carlyle.  It was filmed on the Thai island Koh Phi Phi. The Sunrisers Drum and Bugle Corps is an All-Age Corps, or Senior Corps, that performs in the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) circuit.  The Sunrisers was started as the Marine Memorial Drum Corps of Nassau County in 1950 by a man named John Hodge.  It was originally a junior corps until 1953, when Hodge announced the corps would become a Senior Corps.  Many veteran players expressed interest in joining the new senior corps. John Hodge (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and dramatist, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" into the script for the film of the same title.  His first play "Collaborators" won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play.  His films include "Shallow Grave" (1994), "Trainspotting" (1996) "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997), "The Beach" (2000), "The Final Curtain" (2002), and the short film "Alien Love Triangle" (2002). Collaborators is a 2011 play by British screenwriter and dramatist John Hodge about the "surreal fantasy" of a relationship between two historical figures, Mikhail Bulgakov, the prominent Russian writer, and Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union.  The play takes place from 1938-1940, when Stalin was implementing the Great Purge in which several million people were exiled, imprisoned, or executed.  The play is Hodge's first, although he has had a long career as a screenwriter. Michael McGreevey (born February 7, 1948) is an American actor and screenwriter.  He starred in several Walt Disney films as a young actor and later became a writer for the "Fame" TV series.  He is the son of Emmy Award-winning television and film screenwriter John McGreevey. T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British crime comedy drama film, set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland.  The film is directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge, based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his novel "Trainspotting" and its follow-up "Porno".  "T2" was released in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017 and worldwide throughout February and March 2017.
Answer: Alex Garland