Brynne Chandler (born 1958) is a writer and story editor best known for her work on animated television series such as Gargoyles, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Batman: The Animated Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, amongst many others. She was nominated for an Emmy award for her work on Batman, and was at one point the highest-paid female animation writer working in Hollywood.[1] She also has extensive credits in writing/adapting graphic novels (including an adaptation of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight[2]), as well as editing and adapting manga.
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
| Children | Mallory Reaves, Dashiell Reaves, Alexander Reaves |
At the beginning of her career (circa 1983), she was billed as J. Brynne Stephens, then simply as Brynne Stephens. As Brynne Stephens, she published a handful of short stories and an experimental gamebook novel called The Dream Palace (1986),[3] all while continuing to write numerous animated television scripts. She also wrote the text of the 1984 videogame Dragonworld (video game), based on the novel by Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves.[4] In her career, Chandler was the first solo female story editor at DiC and 10 years later, she was the first solo female story editor at Disney. Later, she was Senior Editor at boutique manga publisher Go! Comi.[5]
She was married for a time to Michael Reaves, and at that time was billed as Brynne Chandler Reaves.
She is the mother of noted manga adapter and novelist Mallory Reaves.
Writing credits edit
Television series edit
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
- She-Ra: Princess of Power (1986)
- My Little Pony (1986) - story editor
- Potato Head Kids (1986)
- Beverly Hills Teens (1987)
- Dinosaucers (1987) - story editor
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
- Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987) - also creator, story editor
- Sylvanian Families (1987)
- Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989-1990)
- The New Adventures of He-Man (1990)
- Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates (1991)
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
- Phantom 2040 (1994)
- Conan and the Young Warriors (1994) - also story editor
- Gargoyles (1997) - also story editor
- Spider-Man Unlimited (1999)
- Beast Machines: Transformers (1999-2000)
- Action Man (2000)
Novel edit
- The Dream Palace (1986)
Manga edit
- After School Nightmare (2006-2009) - editor
- Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan (2007) - editor
- Tenshi Ja Nai!! (2007) - adaptation/editor
- Black Sun Silver Moon (2007-2008) - editor
- Cantarella (2007-2008) - adaptation/editor
- Yggdrasil (2008) - editor
- A.I. Revolution (2008) - adaptation/editor
- A Wise Man Sleeps (2008) - adaptation/editor
- Bogle (2008) - adaptation/editor
- Bound Beauty (2009) - adaptation/editor
- Crown (2009) - adaptation/editor
References edit
- ^ The Enchanted Inkpot: An Interview with Mallory Reaves, author of THE SILVER DREAM
- ^ "Pern Books by Anne McCaffrey". The Pern Museum and Archives. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ Katz, Demian (January 19, 2012). "Item - The Dream Palace". Demian's Gamebook Web Page. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ http://apple2online.com/web_documents/dragon_world.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Golden Age of Geekdom TV Writer Brynne Chandler is on the Blue Plate Special". April 28, 2018.
External links edit
- Brynne Chandler at IMDb
- Brynne Chandler at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Brynne Chandler at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)