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In 2009, Brennert returned to Hawai'i in ''Honolulu'',<ref>[http://us.macmillan.com/honolulu St. Martin's Press]</ref> an historical novel centering on a Korean picture bride in the early 1900s. ''Honolulu'' was released by [[St. Martin's Press]] to favorable reviews.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312360401 Amazon]</ref> |
In 2009, Brennert returned to Hawai'i in ''Honolulu'',<ref>[http://us.macmillan.com/honolulu St. Martin's Press]</ref> an historical novel centering on a Korean picture bride in the early 1900s. ''Honolulu'' was released by [[St. Martin's Press]] to favorable reviews.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312360401 Amazon]</ref> |
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Brennert contributed many acclaimed [[DC Comics]] stories for ''[[Detective Comics]]'', ''[[The Brave and The Bold]]'', ''[[Batman: Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[Secret Origins]]'' in the 1980s and 1990s. |
Brennert contributed many acclaimed [[DC Comics]] stories for ''[[Detective Comics]]'', ''[[The Brave and The Bold]]'', ''[[Batman: Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[Secret Origins]]'' in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?target=sequence&method=icontains&logic=False&order1=date&order2=series&order3=&start_date=&end_date=&title=&feature=&job_number=&pages=&script=Alan+Brennert&pencils=&inks=&colors=&letters=&story_editing=&genre=&characters=&synopsis=&reprint_notes=¬es=&pub_name=&country=us&pub_notes=&brand=&brand_notes=&indicia_publisher=&is_surrogate=None&ind_pub_notes=&series=&series_notes=&tracking_notes=&issue_count=&language=en&issues=&volume=&issue_title=&variant_name=&issue_date=&indicia_frequency=&price=&issue_pages=&format=&issue_editing=&isbn=&barcode=&issue_notes=&is_indexed=None Alan Brennert] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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Alan Brennert (born 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey) is a United States television producer and screenwriter.
Brennert has lived in Southern California since 1973 and completed graduate work in screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles.
His earliest television work was in 1978 when he penned several scripts for Wonder Woman. He was story editor for the NBC series Buck Rogers and wrote seven scripts for that series..
He won an Emmy Award as a producer and writer for L.A. Law in 1991. For science and fantasy readers, he might be best known as a writer for The New Twilight Zone and the revival of The Outer Limits. One of his best regarded episodes was for the New Twilight Zone, an adaptation of his own story Her Pilgrim Soul, which became a play. Since 2001 he has written episodes of the television series Stargate Atlantis and Star Trek Enterprise under the name of Michael Bryant.
He also writes books and stories, most of which are science fiction or fantasy. His first story was published in 1973 and in 1975 he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He also won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1991 and had stories in Gardner Dozois's Year's Best volumes. His most recent published book, Moloka'i, is a historical novel that focuses on life in Honolulu in the early 1900s and the leper colony at Kalaupapa in Hawaii, made famous by Father Damien, Mother Marianne Cope and Lawrence M. Judd, historical people who appear in the novel. It received mostly favorable reviews [1].
In 2009, Brennert returned to Hawai'i in Honolulu,[1] an historical novel centering on a Korean picture bride in the early 1900s. Honolulu was released by St. Martin's Press to favorable reviews.[2]
Brennert contributed many acclaimed DC Comics stories for Detective Comics, The Brave and The Bold, Batman: Holy Terror and Secret Origins in the 1980s and 1990s.[3]
Bibliography
- City of Masques (1978)
- Kindred Spirits (1984)
- Time and Chance (1990)
- Moloka'i (2003)
- Honolulu (2009)
- "Puowaina" short story in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary (2009)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awarding body | Category | Result | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated | L.A. Law | Shared with fellow producers Rick Wallace, Steven Bochco, Patricia Green, Carol Flint, Elodie Keene, James C. Hart, Robert Breech, Don Behrns |
| 1991 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Won | L.A. Law | Shared with fellow producers Rick Wallace, David E. Kelley, John Hill, Robert Breech, James C. Hart, Elodie Keene, Patricia Green, Alice West |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Nominated | L.A. Law episode "Mutinies On The Banzai" | Shared with co-writers Patricia Green and David E. Kelley | ||
| Nebula Award | Best Short Story | Won | Ma Qui |