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 2008.^[9]

Writings

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• "The Mind Withdrawn", short story published in the Star Trek fanzine, Galactic Discourse #1, Feb 1977.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
  • "The Unicorn King"
• The Real Ghostbusters
  • "Night Game"
  • "Egon's Dragon"
  • "The Man Who Never Reached Home"
• Babylon 5
  • "By Any Means Necessary"

References

1. "Interview with J. Michael Straczynski (Part 1 of 4)". IGN. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. Nazzaro, Joe (2002). Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Television. Titan Books: ISBN 1-84023-383-4.
3. "Jonathan Frakes - Publicity". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. "The Howling Commando". Alienscollection.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
5. "David Opatoshu - Publicity". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
6. "Stories, Listed by Author". Locusmag.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
7. "Kathryn M. Drennan". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
8. Archived August 20, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
9. "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 |title= (help)

External links

• Kathryn M. Drennan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Kathryn M. Drennan at the Internet Movie Database