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Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling comic book author, playwright and screenwriter. He is well known for his work on the DC Comics series ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' and ''Earth-Two'', Marvel's Superior Iron Man and his many ''Star Wars'' works. He is the co-creator, head writer and Executive Producer of the CG animated series ''The Deep'' 〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4991910/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1/〕 based on his graphic novel series of the same name. ==Biography== Tom Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia. Taylor has been announced as the All-New Wolverine writer, and has also recently written Superior Iron Man, the bestselling Injustice: Gods Among Us and Earth 2 series for DC Comics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MTV Geek – DC Comics’ ‘Earth 2′ Gets A New Writer From ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ () )〕 Taylor is the creator, with James Brouwer, of the all-ages adventure graphic novels ''The Deep: Here Be Dragons'' and its sequel ''The Vanishing Island'' published by Gestalt Publishing. ''The Deep '' was optioned by Technicolor and is set to become a 26 episode CG animated series, with Taylor serving as creator/head writer.〔http://kidscreen.com/2014/09/09/the-deep-reels-in-nerd-corps-as-co-production-partner/〕 In 2012, ''The Deep: Here Be Dragons'' won the Aurealis Award for Best illustrated book/graphic novel, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award. The sequel, ''The Vanishing Island'', won the award again in 2014. Performing and writing for theatre and musicals from the age of fourteen, Tom's works have been produced across four continents. His plays have won a number of awards and accolades including winning the award for 'Best Dramatic Writing' in Short and Sweet - The world's largest short play festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arts News, Commentary, Reviews & Industry Analysis - ArtsHub Australia )〕 Perhaps most notably, his plays have been produced at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Arts Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe. Taylor is well known for his many Star Wars comics and graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics. These include, ''Star Wars: Blood Ties''〔http://www.starwars.com/vault/books/july_2010_comics/more/index.html〕 with artist Chris Scalf, and ''Star Wars: Invasion'', with illustrator Colin Wilson.〔(NYCC: Tom Taylor Leads "Star Wars: Invasion" ), Comic Book Resources, 7 February 2009〕 April 2012 saw the start of Taylor and Scalf's new ''Blood Ties'' series provocatively titled ''Boba Fett is Dead'' as reported by CNN.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beloved bounty hunter Boba Fett is dead – but who killed him? – GeekOut - CNN.com Blogs )〕 Taylor is also the writer of the ''Darth Maul: Death Sentence'' miniseries, which is set immediately after the end of the fourth Clone Wars television series. ''Star Wars: Blood Ties won the 2012'' 'Stan Lee Excelsior Award' as voted for by thousands of school students across the UK, and ''Star Wars: Invasion'' #0 was nominated for a 'Diamond Gem Award' in the '2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00' category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diamond Announces 2009 GEM AWARD Nominees )〕 Taylor wrote the graphic novella, ''Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes'' which shows a never before seen story of Luke Skywalker training with Yoda on Dagobah during The Empire Strikes Back. Taylor also penned ''Star Wars Adventures: The Will of Darth Vader'' Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Vice President, says Tom Taylor has taken to writing comics faster than anyone he's ever seen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NYCC ' 09 - Dark Horse's Star Wars Panel )〕 Tom Taylor also wrote ''The Authority'', published under the Wildstorm imprint, starting with issue #22 in May 2010 until the end of the Wildstorm imprint.〔(DC Comics Solicitations for May 2010 ), Comic Book Resources, 16 February 2010〕 He also wrote The Brainiac / Sinestro Corps war storyline in the pages of ''DC Universe Online: Legends'', a Batman story with artist Nicola Scott and Rose and Thorn with artist Neil Googe. Taylor's award-winning play ''The Example'' has also been adapted into a comic book with illustration by Colin Wilson through Gestalt Publishing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gestalt Comics )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Taylor (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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