# Brynne Chandler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brynne_Chandler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brynne_Chandler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynne_Chandler > Source revision: 1341984171 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American novelist (born 1958)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox writer | image = Brynne 2025.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Chandler in 2025 | birth_name = | pseudonym = {{Cslist|J. Brynne Stephens|Brynne Stephens}} | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{plainlist| * Television writer * Manga editor * Novelist }} | years_active = 1983–present | spouse = | children = [Mallory Reaves](/source/Mallory_Reaves)
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Alexander Reaves }} '''Brynne Chandler''' (born 1958) is a writer and story editor best known for her work on animated television series such as ''[Gargoyles](/source/Gargoyles_(TV_series))'', ''[Spider-Man: The Animated Series](/source/Spider-Man%3A_The_Animated_Series)'', ''[Batman: The Animated Series](/source/Batman%3A_The_Animated_Series)'', ''[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles](/source/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series))'', and ''[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe](/source/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe)'', amongst many others. She was nominated for an Emmy award for her work on ''Batman'', and was at one point the highest-paid female animation writer working in Hollywood.[http://enchantedinkpot.blogspot.com/2013/06/an-interview-with-mallory-reaves-author.html The Enchanted Inkpot: An Interview with Mallory Reaves, author of THE SILVER DREAM] She also has extensive credits in writing/adapting graphic novels (including an adaptation of [Anne McCaffrey](/source/Anne_McCaffrey)'s ''[Dragonflight](/source/Dragonflight_(novel))''), as well as editing and adapting [manga](/source/manga). At the beginning of her career (circa 1983), she was billed as '''J. Brynne Stephens''', then simply as '''Brynne Stephens'''. As Brynne Stephens, she published a handful of short stories and an experimental [gamebook](/source/gamebook) novel called ''The Dream Palace'' (1986),{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Demian |date=2012-01-19 |title=Item - The Dream Palace |url=https://gamebooks.org/Item/806/Show |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Demian's Gamebook Web Page |language=en}} all while continuing to write numerous animated television scripts. She also wrote the text of the 1984 videogame ''[Dragonworld](/source/Dragonworld_(video_game))'', based on the novel by [Byron Preiss](/source/Byron_Preiss) and [Michael Reaves](/source/Michael_Reaves).{{cite web |title=Dragonworld - Manual |url=https://apple2online.com/wp-content/uploads/Dragon-World.pdf |publisher=Trilllium corp. |date=1984| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201041718/http://www.apple2online.com/web_documents/dragon_world.pdf| archive-date=2011-12-01| url-status=live}} In her career, Chandler was the first solo female story editor at [DIC Entertainment](/source/DIC_Entertainment) and 10 years later, she was the first solo female story editor at [Disney](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company). Later, she was Senior Editor at boutique manga publisher [Go! Comi](/source/Go!_Comi).{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2018/04/28/golden-age-of-geekdom-tv-writer-brynne-chandler-is-on-the-blue-plate-special|title = Golden Age of Geekdom TV Writer Brynne Chandler is on the Blue Plate Special|date=April 28, 2018}} She was married for a time to Michael Reaves, and at that time was billed as '''Brynne Chandler Reaves'''. She is the mother of noted manga adapter and novelist [Mallory Reaves](/source/Mallory_Reaves). ==Writing credits== ===Television series=== * ''[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe](/source/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe)'' (1983) * ''[She-Ra: Princess of Power](/source/She-Ra%3A_Princess_of_Power)'' (1986) * ''[My Little Pony](/source/My_Little_Pony)'' (1986) - story editor * ''[Potato Head Kids](/source/Potato_Head_Kids)'' (1986) * ''[Beverly Hills Teens](/source/Beverly_Hills_Teens)'' (1987) * ''[Dinosaucers](/source/Dinosaucers)'' (1987) - story editor * ''[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles](/source/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series))'' (1987) * ''[Starcom: The U.S. Space Force](/source/Starcom%3A_The_U.S._Space_Force)'' (1987) - also creator, story editor * ''[Sylvanian Families](/source/Sylvanian_Families_(1987_TV_series))'' (1987) * ''[Dink, the Little Dinosaur](/source/Dink%2C_the_Little_Dinosaur)'' (1989-1990) * ''[The New Adventures of He-Man](/source/The_New_Adventures_of_He-Man)'' (1990) * ''[Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates](/source/Fox's_Peter_Pan_%26_the_Pirates)'' (1991) * ''[Batman: The Animated Series](/source/Batman%3A_The_Animated_Series)'' (1992) * ''[Phantom 2040](/source/Phantom_2040)'' (1994) * ''[Conan and the Young Warriors](/source/Conan_and_the_Young_Warriors)'' (1994) - also story editor * ''[Spider-Man: The Animated Series](/source/Spider-Man%3A_The_Animated_Series)'' (1995) * ''[Gargoyles](/source/Gargoyles_(TV_series))'' (1997) - also story editor * ''[Spider-Man Unlimited](/source/Spider-Man_Unlimited)'' (1999) * ''[Beast Machines: Transformers](/source/Beast_Machines%3A_Transformers)'' (1999-2000) * ''[Action Man](/source/Action_Man_(2000_TV_series))'' (2000) * ''Spider Man: The Venom Saga'' (2005) * ''Go-Go Bus'' (2020-2022) * ''Team S.T.E.A.M. Beyond!'' (2021-2022) * ''Weather Hunters'' (2024-2025) ===Novels=== * ''The Dream Palace'' (1986) ===Manga=== * ''[After School Nightmare](/source/After_School_Nightmare)'' (2006-2009) - editor * ''Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan'' (2007) - editor * ''[Tenshi Ja Nai!!](/source/Tenshi_Ja_Nai!!)'' (2007) - adaptation/editor * ''[Black Sun Silver Moon](/source/Black_Sun_Silver_Moon)'' (2007-2008) - editor * ''[Cantarella](/source/Cantarella_(manga))'' (2007-2008) - adaptation/editor * ''Yggdrasil'' (2008) - editor * ''[A.I. Revolution](/source/A.I._Revolution)'' (2008) - adaptation/editor * ''A Wise Man Sleeps'' (2008) - adaptation/editor * ''[Bogle](/source/Bogle_(manga))'' (2008) - adaptation/editor * ''Bound Beauty'' (2009) - adaptation/editor * ''Crown'' (2009) - adaptation/editor ==References== {{cite web |title=Pern Books by Anne McCaffrey |url=http://www.pern.nl/library/pernbooks.htm |work=The Pern Museum and Archives |accessdate=September 7, 2012}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0826978}} * {{ISFDB name|id=Brynne_Stephens}} * {{Comicbookdb|type=creator|id=12529|title=Brynne Chandler}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Brynne}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American novelists Category:American women screenwriters Category:20th-century American women novelists Category:American women television writers Category:American television writers Category:21st-century American women Category:Gamebook writers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brynne Chandler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynne_Chandler) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynne_Chandler?action=history)). 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