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Gary Phil Brandner (May 31, 1930 – September 22, 2013) was an American horror fiction author best known for his werewolf themed trilogy of novels, The Howling.[1][2] The first book of the series was adapted loosely as a motion picture in 1981. Brandner's second and third Howling novels, published in 1979 and 1985 respectively, have no association with the film series, though he was involved with writing the screenplay for the second Howling film, Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf.^{[citation needed]} The fourth film of the Howling series, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare, is actually the closest adaptation of Brandner's original novel, though this too varies to some degree.^{[citation needed]}

Gary Brandner
Gary Brandner
Born	(1930-05-31)May 31, 1930 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States
Died	September 22, 2013(2013-09-22) (aged 83) Reno, Nevada, United States
Occupation	Author, screenwriter
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Years active	1977–2012
Spouse	Martine Wood Brandner

Brandner's novel Walkers was adapted and filmed for television as From The Dead Of Night.[3] He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 horror film Cameron's Closet.

Life and career

Born in the Midwest and much traveled during his formative years, Brandner published more than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and also wrote a few screenplays. He attended college at the University of Washington where he was a member of fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa.[4] After graduating in 1955, he worked as an amateur boxer, bartender, surveyor, loan company investigator, advertising copywriter, and technical writer before turning to fiction writing. Brandner lived with his wife, Martine Wood Brandner, and several cats in Reno, Nevada.

He died of esophageal cancer in 2013.[5][6]

Novels

The Big Brain series

Title	Year	Type	Pages	Notes
The Aardvark Affair	1975	novel		a.k.a. The Big Brain
The Beelzebub Business	1975	novel
Energy Zero	1976	novel

The Howling series

Title	Year	Type	Notes
The Howling	1977	novel		made into the 1981 film The Howling
The Howling II	1979	novel		a.k.a. Return of the Howling
The Howling III: Echoes	1985	novel		a.k.a. The Howling III

Standalones

Title	Year	Type	Pages	Notes
The Players	1975	novel
Offshore	1978	novel
Walkers	1980	novel		made into the television film From the Dead of Night
A Rage in Paradise	1981	novel
Hellborn	1981	novel
Cat People	1982	film novelization		based on the story by DeWitt Bodeen & screenplay by Alan Ormsby
Quintana Roo	1984	novel		a.k.a. Tribe of the Dead
The Brain Eaters	1985	novel
The Wet Good-Bye	1986	novel
Carrion	1986	novel
Cameron's Closet	1986	novel		a.k.a. Cameron's Terror; made into the film Cameron's Closet
Floater	1988	novel		optioned by Empire Pictures with director Tobe Hooper attached
Doomstalker	1989	novel
The Boiling Pool	1995	novel
Mind Grabber	1999	novel
The Experiment	1999	novella
Rot	1999	novel
Billy Lives	2012	novel
The Sterling Standard	2012	novel

See also

• List of horror fiction authors

References

External links

• Gary Brandner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Gary Brandner at IMDb

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