Brian K. Vaughan

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Brian K. Vaughan
Name	Brian K. Vaughan
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	July 17, 1976
Place of Birth	United States of America, Ohio, Cleveland
Professional Information
Employers	Marvel; Image; Vertigo; Wildstorm
Titles	Writer
First Work	Ka-Zar Annual #1997
Notable Creations	Alex Wilder, Chase Stein, Gertrude Yorkes, Gibborim, Karolina Dean, Loners, Majesdanians, Molly Hayes, Nico Minoru, Old Lace, Parker Robbins, Pride, Runaways, Victor Mancha, Xavin

Professional History

Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book writer born in 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio and best known for the series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, and Pride of Baghdad.

Early life and career

As an undergraduate film student at New York University, Vaughan took part in Marvel's Stan-hattan Project, a class for fledgling comic book writers that also helped Joe Kelly break into comic books. Vaughan's first credit was Cable #43.

Later career

Vaughan has written for most of the major DC and Marvel characters, including Batman and the X-Men. He has also written several screenplays, stage plays, and short stories, but mostly he prefers writing comic books. He has stated in an interview with Wizarduniverse.com that he prefers to write his own creations like Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina because he doesn't think he's the best at using his "voice" with company-owned characters. Vaughan was hired in late 2006 as an executive story editor for the television series Lost.

New Line Cinema optioned Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina in 2005.

Preceded by: Eric Luke	Wonder Woman writer 2000–2000	Succeeded by: Ben Raab
Preceded by: none	Runaways writer 2003–2007	Succeeded by: Joss Whedon
Preceded by: Joss Whedon	Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight writer 2007–2008	Succeeded by: Jeph Loeb

Awards and nominations

• Eisner Award (2005) for Best Writer, for his work on Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Ex Machina and Marvel's Ultimate X-Men, and for Best New Series (along with artists Tony Harris and Tom Feister) for Ex Machina.
• Nominated for five Eisners in 2006: Best Writer; Best Single Issue, Best Serialized Story and Best Continuing Series for Ex Machina; and Best Serialized Story for Y: The Last Man.
• "Comic's Best Writer" (2006), Wizard magazine.

Work History

• 198 subject(s) created by "Brian K. Vaughan"
• 115 comic(s) that "Brian K. Vaughan" wrote

Links and References

• Brian K. Vaughan Web Site
• Newsarama (Aug. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
• Newsarama (Sept. 2006) interview with Brian K. Vaughan
• September 2006 Comic Book Resources interview with Brian K. Vaughan]
• Wikipedia reference

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