About
After graduating from the prestigious Parsons School of Design (moonlighting as a New York City bike messenger), Brian Wood spent several years designing for Rockstar Games, most notably on the Grand Theft Auto franchise. He left in 2003 to write full time.
From the 1500-page war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero, and the class inequality of Starve, Wood’s graphic novel work has always been relevant and timely.
His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the Viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the Norse-Samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are genre benchmarks in the comic book industry.
He’s written The X-Men for the Marvel Universe, as well as co-writing stories that informed the Moon Knight TV series.
He’s written original-trilogy Star Wars comics for Lucasfilm, and contributed several titles to the Alien universe, most notably creating the Zula Hendricks character from Aliens: Defiance.
He’s written three television pilots, for WV Entertainment, AMC, and Team Downey. DMZ has been adpated at a miniseries at HBOMax. He’s recently sold a show to Amazon Studios.
He’s currently working in the video game industry, having written story scripts and world-building for multiple clients.
Wood’s demonstrated a 20+ year track record of marrying detailed and thoughtful world-building and socio-political commentary with compelling and diverse characters. His expertise has been sought after from publishers and clients around the world.