Bryan Q. Miller is an American television and comic writer most notable for his work on

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’s television series ''

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'' and DC’s comic book ''

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''.

Career

Miller began work on ''Smallville'' as an unpaid intern during

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, a job he held for two seasons before being hired as a Writers’ Assistant in Season Seven. After completing the WB Writers’ Workshop, he was promoted to Staff Writer for Season Eight. Before the show ended, he served as the show’s Executive Story Editor. Through his work on ''Smallville'', Miller met comic writer Geoff Johns, who introduced Miller to editors at DC Comics. Through these meetings, Miller landed a three-book arc for ''

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'' in 2009. From October 2009 to July 2011, he wrote the re-launched ''Batgirl'' book, featuring Stephanie Brown as the cowl-wearing superhero. The series met critical acclaim. He went on to write the ''Smallville Season 11'' comic book series. He is among the authors contributing to ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Chanties'', a

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anthology that will serve as a prequel to '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''. It was expected to be published on April 19, 2011, though was held back due to the production not being satisfied with the final product. Its current fate is currently unknown. Miller is currently writing a

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-funded graphic novel, titled ''Earthward'', with

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producing the artwork.

Personal life

Miller is married to

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Vice President of Original Programming and Development Erika Kennair.

Screenwriting

* series head writer denoted in bold

Television

* ''

'' (2008-2011): season 10 head writer * ''

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'' (2013-2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014-2015) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' Guilt'' (2016) * '' Sleepy Hollow'' (2017) * '' Shadowhunters'' (2017-2019) * '' Motherland: Fort Salem'' (2021) * '' He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' (2021-present)

Film

* ''

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'' (2016)

Producer

Television

* ''Dominion'' (2014) * ''Defiance'' (2014): co-producer * ''Guilt'' (2016): supervising producer * ''Sleepy Hollow'' (2017): co-executive producer * ''Shadowhunters'' (2017-2019) ** consulting producer (2017) ** co-executive producer (2018-2019) * ''Motherland: Fort Salem'' (2021): executive producer

Bibliography

DC Comics

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'' vol. 3 (August, 2009-October, 2009) ** "Child's Play" (with Joe Bennett, in #72-74, collected in ''Child's Play'', tpb, 208 pages, 2010, ) *''

'' vol. 3 (October, 2009-October, 2011) **''Volume 1: Batgirl Rising'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "Batgirl Rising: Point of New Origin" (with

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and

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, in #1-3, 2009) *** "Batgirl Rising: Field Test" (with Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott, in #4, 2010) *** "Batgirl Rising: Core Requirements" (with Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott, in #5-7, 2010) ** "Batgirl Rising: Robins are Red..." (with

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, in #8, 2010, collected in '' Red Robin: Collision'', tpb, ) **''Volume 2: The Flood'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "The Flood" (with Lee Garbett and

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, #9-12, 2010) *** "Trust" (with Pere Pérez, #13, 2010) *** "Terror in the Third Dimension" (with Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott, #14, 2010) **''Volume 3: The Lesson'' (tpb, 224 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "The Lesson: Grass Before the Scythe" (with Dustin Nguyen, in #15-16, 2011) *** "The Lesson: Frogs, Snails & Puppy-Dog Tails..." (with Pere Pérez, in #17, 2011) *** "Chalk (heart) Outline" (with Dustin Nguyen, in #18, 2011) *** "The Lesson: Tunnel Vision" (with Ramon Bachs, in #19-20, 2011) *** "The Lesson: Unchained Melody" (with Dustin Nguyen, in #21, 2011) *** "Five Minutes Fast" (with Pere Pérez, in #22, 2011) ** "Here Endeth the Lesson" (with Pere Pérez, in #23, 2011) ** "Unsinkable" (with Pere Pérez, in #24, 2011) *''DC Universe Halloween Special 2010'', "Medusa Non Grata", (with

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, December, 2010) *''

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'' (July, 2012-January 2014) **''Volume 1: Guardian'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Guardian" (with Pere Pérez, in #1-4, 2012) **''Volume 2: Detective'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Detective" (with

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, Jamal Igle and

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, in #5-8, 2012-2013) **''Volume 3: Haunted'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Haunted" (with Jorge Jiménez, in #9-12, 2013) **''Volume 4: Argo'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, 1-4012-4637-0) collects: *** "Argo" (with

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, #13-15, 2013) *** "Valkyrie" (with

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, in ''Smallville Season 11 Special'' #2, 2013) **''Volume 5: Olympus'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, 1-4012-4637-0) collects: *** "Olympus" (with Jorge Jiménez, #16-19, 2013) *'' Smallville Season 11: Alien'' (miniseries) (with

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, in #1-4, February, 2014-May, 2014) *'' Smallville: Lantern'' (miniseries) (with

and Ig Guara, in #1-4, June, 2014-September, 2014)

References

External links

Bryan Q. Miller
at DCComics.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Bryan Q. Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American comics writers American television writers American male television writers