Kathryn M. Drennan
Kathryn M. Drennan is an American writer, having worked for Carl Sagan on the mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage in the early 1980s[1] and for Michael Piller, producer at the time for Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the early 1990s.[2] She also contributed articles to several magazines, including Starlog[3][4][5] and Twilight Zone Magazine.[6] She was married to J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, and wrote articles about Rod Serling's Night Gallery for Twilight Zone Magazine together with him.[6] She wrote one script during Babylon 5's first season, "By Any Means Necessary" as well as the prose Babylon 5 novel, To Dream in the City of Sorrows. She also wrote scripts for two other shows Straczynski worked on, She-Ra: Princess of Power and The Real Ghostbusters.[7]
Personal life
She met J. Michael Straczynski while they were both at San Diego State University. They moved to Los Angeles on April 1, 1981. They married in 1983,[8] separated in 2002, and were divorced in 2003.[9]
Selected works
Novels
- Babylon 5 Book #9: To Dream in the City of Sorrows (covering the life of Jeffrey Sinclair from the end of season 1 until his final departure in season 3)
Articles and stories in magazines
- "The Mind Withdrawn", short story published in the Star Trek fanzine, Galactic Discourse #1, Feb 1977.
- "Rod Serling's Night Gallery" w/ J. Michael Straczynski, article in Twilight Zone Magazine, 3 issues, Mar - Aug 1985.
- "A Show by Show Guide to Rod Serling's Night Gallery" w/ J. Michael Straczynski, article in Twilight Zone Magazine, 11 issues, Mar 1985 - Jun 1989.
- "David Opatoshu and A Taste of Armageddon", article in Starlog, Jun 1987.
- "Bill Paxton: The Howling Commando", article in Starlog, Jan 1988.
- "Wil Wheaton: Acting Ensign", article in Starlog, Apr 1988.
- "Jonathan Frakes: One on One", article in Starlog, Jun 1988.
- "The Art of Night Gallery, article in Twilight Zone Magazine, Feb 1989.
- "DeForest Kelley's Medical Plan", article in Starlog, Jun 1989.
- "DeForest Kelley's Western Days", article in Starlog, Jul 1989.
- "A Test of Character", article in Starlog, Dec 1989.
Television credits
- She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985)
- "The Unicorn King" (ep.36)
- Defenders of the Earth (1986)
- "The Men of Frost" (ep.16)
- The Real Ghostbusters (1987)
- "Night Game" (S2 ep.8)
- "The Man Who Never Reached Home" (S2 ep.27)
- "Egon’s Dragon" (S2 ep.63)
- Babylon 5 (1994)
- "By Any Means Necessary" (ep.12)
References
- "Interview with J. Michael Straczynski (Part 1 of 4)". IGN. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- Nazzaro, Joe (2002). Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Television. Titan Books: ISBN 1-84023-383-4.
- "Jonathan Frakes - Publicity". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "The Howling Commando". Alienscollection.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "David Opatoshu - Publicity". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "Stories, Listed by Author". Locusmag.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "Kathryn M. Drennan". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- IGN: Interview with J. Michael Straczynski (Part 1 of 4), by Kenneth Plume, September 5, 2000 Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "JMichael Straczynski on Twitter: "Before I get into any of this, I need to make one thing really clear, so there are no misunderstandings: I live... http://t.co/EIU4MEAxeB"". T.co. Retrieved 5 October 2014. External link in
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