Andy Briggs

For the British businessman, see Andy Briggs (businessman).

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]}

Andy Briggs
Born	Andrew Briggs (1972-09-27) 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

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 (June 2025) ISBN 979-8290319223

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)
  • The White Horse (April 2026)

Picture books

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

Notes

1. He only wrote one of the short stories.