Katherine Lawrence

Katherine Lawrence (December 11, 1954, San Bernardino, California – March 25, 2004, near Tucson, Arizona) was a television series screenwriter and a short story science fiction and children's non-fiction educational books and video game writer.

Biography

Her name was actually Kathy Selbert and she chose her writing name because of her love for T. E. Lawrence and Jerome Lawrence. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the English language from the University of Washington in Seattle and suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. In 1996, she was nominated for Outstanding Script by the Writers Guild of America for "Icebound", an episode of Hypernauts, a live-action science fiction series.

On March 27, 2004, her body was found at San Pedro River in Arizona, along with a suicide note. Her ashes were spread over Mount Lemmon, which was her favorite area.

Writing credits

Television

• Legend of the Dragon ("Associating with Vermin")
• Kong: The Animated Series ("The Infinity Stone")
• Stargate: Infinity ("Chariot of the Sun" and "Who Are You?")
• X-Men: Evolution ("Mutant Crush")
• Shadow Raiders ("J'Accuse")
• ReBoot ("Megaframe")
• Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders ("Badlands" and "Vale of the Unicorns")
• Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends ("Monster Within")
• Hypernauts ("Ice Bound", "New Alliances")
• Darkstalkers ("Aliens Keep Out" and "Ghost Hunter")
• G.I. Joe Extreme ("Winner Take All")
• Mighty Max ("Good Golly Ms. Kali" and "The Year of the Rat")
• Biker Mice from Mars ("Bleu Cheese Bros")
• Conan the Adventurer ("Greywolf of Xanthus", "In Days of Old", "Sword, Sai & Shuriken", "The Vale of Amazons", "The Red Brotherhood", "Thorns of Midnight" and "The Wolfmother")
• Beetlejuice ("Beetlebones")
• Bionic Six ("The Glitch")
• Muppet Babies ("Where No Muppet Has Gone Before")
• Moon Dreamers ("Zodies on the Loose")
• Dungeons & Dragons ("Cave of the Fairie Dragons", "Citadel of Shadow" and "The Winds of Darkness")

Video games

• This Means War!
• Battle Vision
• Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb
• Mario is Missing!

External links

• Katherine Lawrence on the Internet Movie Database
• Katherine Lawrence at TV.com
• Katherine Lawrence memorial website