Andy Briggs

Andy Briggs (born 27 September 1972 in Liverpool, England)^[1] is a British author and screenwriter. He wrote the Hero.com series and the Villain.net young adult novels, which are due to be developed into a television series.

Briggs career began as an uncredited writer working on story development for Highlander: The Series in 1991. Since then he has worked alone and with brother Peter Briggs on a number of projects, including the Stan Lee and Robert Evans Paramount Pictures project Foreverman. More recent television work has included story development for the Sci-Fi Channel, BKN Kids and Disney XD.

In the mid-2000s he did some writing for comics,^[2] and began to develop his Hero.com/Villain.net series of young adult novels.^[3] This led to new series of young adult Tarzan novels.^[4]

Briggs has acknowledged Gordon Boshell's "Captain Cobwebb" books as an early influence.^[5]

Credits

TV & film

• Passage of the Four (aka Screaming Night) (2002 film) writer
• Rise of the Gargoyles (2009 TV movie) writer
• Ghost Town (2009 TV movie) writer
• Dark Relic (2010 TV movie) writer
• Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon (2013) writer
• Legendary: The Shocate (upcoming) writer & executive producer
• Blake: Double Identity (upcoming TV series) head writer

Comics

• Kong: King of Skull Island (2007–2008) ISBN 978-1-905692-34-7
• Ritual (2009) ISBN 978-1-905692-33-0

Books

• Tarzan:
  • The Greystoke Legacy (June 2011) ISBN 978-0-571-27238-9
  • The Jungle Warrior (July 2012) ISBN 978-0-571-27353-9
  • The Savage Lands (February 2013) ISBN 978-0-571-27353-9
• Edge:
  • Warrior Number One (November 2011) ISBN 978-1-4451-0707-3

References

External links

• Andy Briggs at the Internet Movie Database
• Andy Briggs' Official Website
• Official Website