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Andy Briggs

b. 1972

British author and screenwriter

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Born 1972. Andy Briggs is a British screenwriter, writer, film screenwriter, television writer and young adult author.

Andrew Briggs (born 27 September 1972) is an English 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 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, and began to develop his Hero.com/Villain.net series of young adult novels. This led to a new series of young adult Tarzan novels.

Briggs has acknowledged Gordon Boshell's Captain Cobwebb books as an early influence. He would often go to places to experience how it feels.

Credits TV & film Source: Passage of the Four (aka Screaming Night) (2002 film): writer Rise of the Gargoyles (2009 TV film): writer Ghost Town (2009 TV film): writer Dark Relic (2010 TV film): writer Blake: Double Identity (2011 TV Series): head writer The Philadelphia Experiment (2012 TV film): writer Legendary (2013): writer and executive producer Kong: King of the Apes (2016 TV Series): writer (season 1 episode 8: "Bionic Arms Race") Crowhurst (2017 feature film): writer Redcon-1 (2018 feature film): special thanks Supervized (2019 feature film): writer The Bastard King (2020 film): narrator A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020 documentary): himself King of Shadows (2021 film): writer Karate (2025 TV series): head writer

Comics Kong: King of Skull Island (2007–2008) Ritual (2009) DinoCorps (2012) Ritual 2: The Resurrection (2015) Madison Dark (2018) MEAT (2018) Cold War (2019)

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) Ritual (July 2009) Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy (June 2011) The Jungle Warrior (July 2012) The Savage Lands (February 2013) Edge: Warrior Number One (November 2011) Project X: Reign of the Practari (April 2015) Steam Pirates (April 2015) How to be an International Spy: Your Training Manual, Should You Choose to Accept it (September 2015) Spy Quest - Polybius: The Urban Legend (November 2015) CTRL+S (November 2019) Marlow (November 2020) The Majestic Files: Epicenter (December 2020) Chem (March 2021) Phantom Land (August 2022) Point Nemo (August 2022) Trigger Effect (June 2025) The Carrier (January 2027) Drone Racer (August 2022) The Inventory: Iron Fist (August 2022) Gravity (August 2022) Black Knight (August 2022) Winter Storm (August 2022) Terror Tales of the West Country (October 2022) Monsterville (October 2023)

As M.G. Cole DCI Garrick: Slaughter of Innocents (March 2021) Murder is Skin Deep (April 2021) The Dead Will Talk (May 2021) Dead Man's Game (October 2021) Cleansing Fires (July 2022) The Dead Don't Pay (December 2022) A Murder of Lies (August 2023) Siren's Call (August 2024) A Degree of Murder (August 2025) The White Horse (January 2026) Killing on Command (January 2027)

Picture books

Tinch (May 2022) Monster Knights (September 2022)

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Who is Andy Briggs?

British author and screenwriter

When was Andy Briggs born?

Andy Briggs was born on 27 September 1972 in Liverpool.

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Andy Briggs is a screenwriter, writer, film screenwriter, television writer and young adult author.

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Andy Briggs is British.

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