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Brian Wood

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in Essex Junction, Vermont, The United States

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Brian Wood's history of published work includes over fifty volumes of genre-spanning original material.

From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20-year track record of marrying thoughtful world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.

His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the norse-samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are benchmarks in the comic book industry.

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	DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator), Brian Azzarello (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 11,339 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 2: Body of a Journalist by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator), Kristian Donaldson (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 7,556 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 4: Friendly Fire by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator), Nathan Fox (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 4,770 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 3: Public Works by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.99 avg rating — 4,723 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Davide Gianfelice (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 4,309 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Local by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Ryan Kelly 3.98 avg rating — 3,987 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DMZ, Vol. 6: Blood in the Game by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Riccardo Burcchielli (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 3,037 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Men, Vol. 1: Primer by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Olivier Coipel (Illustrator), David López (Artist) 3.81 avg rating — 3,131 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Knight, Vol. 2: Dead Will Rise by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Greg Smallwood (Artist) 3.90 avg rating — 2,908 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demo: The Collected Edition by Brian Wood (Goodreads Author), Becky Cloonan (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 2,821 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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100 PAGES OF THE NEW YORK FOUR

Today sees the direct market release of THE NEW YORK FOUR, and to help a book that sort of flew under the radar at DC get some eyeballs on it, I’m giving away a DRM-free high-red PDF download of the first hundred pages of the book, here:

http://www.brianwood.com/NY4preview/

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Series by Brian Wood

ZDM (7 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author) (Narrator),

Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator),

Cliff Chiang (Illustrator),

Dave Lapham (Illustrator),

Nathan Fox (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator),

Daniel Zelelj (illustrator),

David Lapham (illustrator),

Danijel Žeželj (Illustrator),

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3.95 avg rating — 23,653 ratings

Northlanders (7 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Paul Azaceta (Illustrator),

Declan Shalvey (Illustrator),

Danijel Žeželj (Illustrator)

3.85 avg rating — 13,915 ratings

Star Wars (2013) (Single Issues) (20 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Ryan Kelly (Artist)

3.65 avg rating — 3,549 ratings

Demo (2 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Becky Cloonan (Illustrator)

3.82 avg rating — 3,300 ratings

Star Wars (2013) (4 books)
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Brian Wood (Goodreads Author),

Carlos D'Anda (Illustrator)

3.66 avg rating — 2,860 ratings

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“Word can travel fast when it wants to, but the truth? The truth is rarely so reliable.”
― Brian Wood, Conan, Vol. 14: The Death

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“You sorta lose the fear of failure when everyone thinks you already gave it your best shot and blew it.”
― Brian Wood, DMZ, Vol. 2: Body of a Journalist

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“We cook, we fight, we win. That simple.”
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