Andy Briggs

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Andy Briggs
Born (1972-09-27) September 27, 1972 (age 50)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Author and Screenwriter
Years active1991-present

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.

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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] He would often go to places to experience how it feels.

Credits

TV & film
Comics

Books

  • Hero.com
    • Rise of the Heroes
    • Virus Attack
    • Crisis Point
    • Chaos Effect
    • Inventory
  • Villain.net
    • Council of Evil
    • Dark Hunter
    • Power Surge
    • Collision course 
    • Inventory 2


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References

  1. "Home". andybriggs.co.uk.
  2. "Southport.TV". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. Southport Reporter
  4. Guardian.Co.UK
  5. http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/authors/briggsa/ , Author biography on Oxford University Press website, Retrieved 30 March 2012