Katherine Lawrence
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Katherine Lawrence | |
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| Born | Kathy Selbert December 11, 1954 |
| Died | March 25, 2004 (aged 49) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, author, writer |
Katherine Lawrence (December 11, 1954, San Bernardino, California – March 25, 2004, near Tucson, Arizona) was a television series screenwriter and a short story science fiction and children's non-fiction educational books and video game writer.
Biography
Her name was actually Kathy Selbert and she chose her writing name because of her love for T. E. Lawrence and Jerome Lawrence. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the English language from the University of Washington in Seattle and suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. In 1996, she was nominated for Outstanding Script by the Writers Guild of America for "Icebound", an episode of Hypernauts, a live-action science fiction series.
On March 27, 2004, her body was found at San Pedro River in Arizona, along with a suicide note. Her ashes were spread over Mount Lemmon, which was her favorite area.
Writing credits
Television
- Dungeons & Dragons (1985)
- MoonDreamers (1986)
- Bionic Six (1987)
- Muppet Babies (1987)
- Beetlejuice (1991)
- Conan the Adventurer (1992-1993)
- Biker Mice from Mars (1994)
- Mighty Max (1994)
- Darkstalkers (1995)
- G.I. Joe Extreme (1996)
- Hypernauts (1996)
- Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders (1996)
- ReBoot (1998)
- Shadow Raiders (1998)
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999)
- Kong: The Animated Series (2000)
- X-Men: Evolution (2000)
- Stargate Infinity (2002-2003)
- Legend of the Dragon (2006)
Film
- The Secret of Mulan (1998)
Video games
- Mario is Missing! (1993)
- Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb (1994)
- This Means War! (1995)
- Battle Vision (1997)
External links
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- 1954 births
- 2004 deaths
- People with chronic fatigue syndrome
- American children's writers
- American education writers
- American fantasy writers
- American science fiction writers
- American television writers
- People from San Bernardino, California
- Suicides in Arizona
- University of Washington alumni
- American women writers who committed suicide
- Video game writers
- American women novelists
- Female suicides
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- American women non-fiction writers
- Screenwriters from California
- American women television writers