Brandner lived with his wife, Martine Wood Brandner, and several cats in Reno, Nevada. 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. He attended college at the University of Washington where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 horror film Cameron's Closet.īorn in the Midwest and much traveled during his formative years, Brandner published more than 30 novels, over 100 short stories, and also wrote a handful of screenplays.

The fourth film in 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.īrandner's novel Walkers was adapted and filmed for television as From The Dead Of Night. Brandner's second and third Howling novels, published in 19 respectively, have no connection to the film series, though he was involved in writing the screenplay for the second Howling film, Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf. The Howling II (The Howling Trilogy Book 2) Kindle Edition by Gary Brandner (Author), Books of the Dead (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition 100 ratings Book 2 of 3: The Howling Trilogy See all formats and editions Kindle 3.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 9.99 3 Used from 10.29 6 New from 9.99 AN AMAZON BESTSELLING HORROR TITLE.

The first book in the series was loosely adapted as a motion picture in 1981. Gary Phil Brandner (– September 22, 2013) was an American horror author best known for his werewolf themed trilogy of novels, The Howling.

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