Andy Briggs

Andy Briggs
Andy Briggs
Born	Andrew Briggs; 27 September 1972 (age 52); Liverpool, England
Pen name	M.G. Cole (for the DCI Garrick book series)
Occupation	Author and Screenwriter
Period	1991–present
Notable works	Hero.com; Villain.net;
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]}

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]

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
Shanghai Concession (Upcoming film): writer

Comics

Kong: King of Skull Island (2007–2008) ISBN 978-1-905692-34-7
Ritual (2009) ISBN 978-1-905692-33-0
DinoCorps (2012) ISBN 978-1905692804
Ritual 2: The Resurrection (2015) ISBN 978-1909276536
Madison Dark (2018) ISBN 978-1912700233
MEAT (2018) ISBN 978-1912700257
Cold War (2019) ISBN 978-1912700271

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)

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
Project X:
- Reign of the Practari (April 2015) ISBN 978-0-19-831045-7
- Steam Pirates (April 2015) ISBN 978-0-19-831046-4
How to be an International Spy: Your Training Manual, Should You Choose to Accept it (September 2015) ISBN 978-1743607725
Spy Quest - Polybius: The Urban Legend (November 2015) ISBN 978-0993283109
CTRL+S (November 2019) ISBN 978-1409184652
Marlow (November 2020) ISBN 979-8555934215
The Majestic Files:
- Epicenter (December 2020) ISBN 979-8699480371
- Chem (March 2021) ISBN 979-8715274915
- Phantom Land (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846132702
- Point Nemo (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846130869
Drone Racer (August 2022) ISBN 979-8843786168
The Inventory:
- Iron Fist (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846115996
- Gravity (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846119109
- Black Knight (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846122642
- Winter Storm (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846125179
Terror Tales of the West Country^[a] (October 2022) ISBN 978-1845832087
Monsterville (October 2023) ISBN 978-1915860729
Trigger Effect (April 2025)[1]

As M.G. Cole

DCI Garrick:
- Slaughter of Innocents (March 2021) ISBN 979-8727355893
- Murder is Skin Deep (April 2021) ISBN 979-8732789065
- The Dead Will Talk (May 2021) ISBN 979-8511387291
- Dead Man's Game (October 2021) ISBN 979-8490635215
- Cleansing Fires (July 2022) ISBN 979-8842228447
- The Dead Don't Pay (December 2022) ISBN 979-8371371881
- A Murder of Lies (August 2023) ISBN 979-8857146422
- Siren's Call (August 2024) ISBN 979-8336293326
- A Degree of Murder (August 2025)[2]

Picture books

Tinch (May 2022) ISBN 978-1914926921
Monster Knights (September 2022) ISBN 978-1915387417

Notes

^ He only wrote one of the short stories.

References

^ "Home". andybriggs.co.uk.
^ "Southport.TV". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
^ Southport Reporter
^ Guardian.Co.UK
^ http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/authors/briggsa/ , Author biography on Oxford University Press website, Retrieved 30 March 2012
^ "Andy Briggs | Writer, Producer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

External links

[7] He only wrote one of the short stories.

[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

[Briggs-5] ttp://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.

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