Andy Briggs

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Andy Briggs
BornAndrew Briggs
(1972-09-27) 27 September 1972 (age 52)
Liverpool, England
Pen nameM.G. Cole (for the DCI Garrick book series)
OccupationAuthor and Screenwriter
Period1991–present
Notable works
Relatives Peter Briggs (brother)
Website
andybriggs.co.uk

Andrew Briggs (born 27 September 1972) [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.[ citation needed ]

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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 his 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 a 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

Source: [6]

Comics

Novels

  • Hero.com
    • Rise of the Heroes (June 2008)
    • Virus Attack (October 2008)
    • Crisis Point (July 2009)
    • Chaos Effect (March 2010)
  • Villain.net
    • Council of Evil (June 2008)
    • Dark Hunter (October 2008)
    • Power Surge (July 2009)
    • Collision course (March 2010)

As M.G. Cole

Picture books

Notes

  1. He only wrote one of the short stories.

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
  6. "Andy Briggs | Writer, Producer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2024.