Andy Briggs

Children's author, Scriptwriter

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Website: http://www.andybriggs.co.uk

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Awards:
Villain.net: Council of Evil - Weald Book Award 2010

Audiences:
8-11 (Key stage 2), 5-11 (Key stages 1 and 2), 11-13 (Key stage 3)

Details
Andy is a British writer who works extensively in Hollywood. With his brother Peter Briggs ("Hellboy") He has worked together on scripts and treatments for Judge Dredd (based on a UK comic), Freddy vs Jason and a superhero film “Forverman” for producer Robert Evans (The Godfather) and Stan Lee (creator Spiderman, X-men and dozens of other comic books favourites).

Independently Andy worked on numerous projects, including Aquaman (a DC comics superhero), Training Grounds (currently to be Directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist)). Recently he wrote 'Rise of the Gargoyle' which is a TV movie for the Sci-Fi Channel, which lead to a further four TV movies, one of which he is producing, along with two feature films and the Hero.com TV show.

Hero.com and Villain.net comprise of four titles each. Andy is now working with the Edgar Rice Boroughs Estate on a reboot of the TARZAN franchise for 2011, building to the Tarzan centenary in 2012!

Books

	Hero.com 1: Rise of the Heroes (isbn:0192755439) Surfing the net during a lightning storm has amazing consequences for a group of teenage friends. Superhero powers are theirs at the click of a mouse! Trouble is, they don't know what the powers will be until they try them out . . . View in Amazon
	Villain.net 1: Council of Evil (isbn:0192755447) School bully Jake Hunter receives a mysterious email inviting him to join a scheme for world domination. With unlimited power and wealth at his fingertips, how can he resist? But to get it he has to become an arch-criminal, entangled in a plan that t View in Amazon
	Hero.com 2: Virus Attack (isbn:0192755455) Archfiends Basilisk and the Worm have dreamt up a plan so cunning it will strike fear into the heart of the bravest superhero. Combining their dastardly skills, they will infect HERO.COM with a virus potent enough to cripple it and ultimately to dest View in Amazon
	Villain.net 2: Dark Hunter (isbn:0192755463) Jake Hunter was once an ordinary schoolboy with a computer. Until he discovered Villain.net. Now he is an extraordinary schoolboy with a dark side, a bad attitude and an addiction to the villainous powers he can download from the website. And when Ja View in Amazon
	Hero.com 3: Crisis Point (isbn:019272925X) The Hero Foundation is a shadow of its former self and Lord Eon - the most terrible supervillain ever - is still at large. Worse, he has hatched a plan to tear apart time. Toby and his superhero friends should be able to stop him . . . View in Amazon
	Villain.net 3: Power Surge (isbn:0192729241) Jake Hunter, has taken his seat on the Council of Evil. Now he will live his dream - exact revenge on the cruel world. But the cruel world has other plans, and they come in the shape of the Hero Foundation... View in Amazon
	Hero.com 4: Chaos Effect (isbn:0192729691) New heroes, old friends, all adventure! View in Amazon
	Villain.net 4: Collision Course (isbn:0192729683) Jake Hunter's adventures continue in his 4th book! View in Amazon

Organisations:
WGGB, WGA, Society of Authors

Other search criteria:

Genres:
Crime/Thrillers, Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy

Book Type:
Fiction for children (any age), Fiction 5-9, Fiction 8-13

Keywords:
superhero, supervillain, hero, villain, action, adventure, internet