Andy Briggs

Andy Briggs (born 27 September 1972 in Liverpool, England) 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, and began to develop his Hero.com/Villain.net series of young adult novels. This led to 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
 * 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
 * Crowhurst (feature film) 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