Gary Brandner

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. 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.

Gary Brandner
Gary Brandner
Born(1930-05-31)May 31, 1930
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States
DiedSeptember 22, 2013(2013-09-22) (aged 83)
Reno, Nevada, United States
OccupationAuthor, screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
Years active1977-2012
SpouseMartine 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
TitleYearTypePagesNotes
The Aardvark Affair1975novela.k.a. The Big Brain
The Beelzebub Business1975novel
Energy Zero1976novel

The Howling series
TitleYearTypeNotes
The Howling1977novelmade into the 1981 film The Howling
The Howling II1979novela.k.a. Return of the Howling
The Howling III: Echoes1985novela.k.a. The Howling III

Standalones
TitleYearTypePagesNotes
The Players1975novel
Offshore1978novel
Walkers1980novelmade into the television film From the Dead of Night
A Rage in Paradise1981novel
Hellborn1981novel
Cat People1982film novelizationbased on the story by DeWitt Bodeen & screenplay by Alan Ormsby
Quintana Roo1984novela.k.a. Tribe of the Dead
The Brain Eaters1985novel
The Wet Good-Bye1986novel
Carrion1986novel
Cameron's Closet1986novela.k.a. Cameron's Terror; made into the film Cameron's Closet
Floater1988noveloptioned by Empire Pictures with director Tobe Hooper attached
Doomstalker1989novel
The Boiling Pool1995novel
Mind Grabber1999novel
The Experiment1999novella
Rot1999novel
Billy Lives2012novel
The Sterling Standard2012novel

See also

References
  1. Binion, Cavett. "Howling VI - The Freaks (1991)". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. "Gary Brandner (1933-2013)". Locus Online. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  3. McArdle, Terence (3 October 2013). "Horror novelist Gary Brandner dies at 83". The Washington Post.
  4. Tyee Yearbook (1952): University of Washington Yearbook, Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 1952, p. 57, retrieved 2014-01-04 – via Mocavo.com
  5. Barton, Steve (23 September 2013). "Rest in Peace Author Gary Brandner". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  6. McArdle, Terence (2013-10-04). "Books". The Washington Post.


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