Christy Marx

**Christy Marx** is an American scriptwriter, author, and game designer.

She has written on many television series, for example, _Jem_, _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, _Conan the Adventurer_, _G.I. Joe_, _Hypernauts_, and _Captain Power_.

She is also known for her work on comic books. She made a comic book series known as _Sisterhood of Steel._ She has also worked on _Conan_, _Red Sonja_, and _Elfquest_.

Marx has written many biographies and books about history.

## Career

The Red Sonja comic series has of some of the earliest comics Marx has shown to the public.

The first video game she worked on was _Conquests of Camelot_ in 1990. She worked as a writer and designer. She also worked on the sequel _Conquests of the Longbow._

She started working at Zynga in late 2010. She worked on _Hidden Chronicles_ and other games. She stopped working at Zynga in 2017.

She wrote the character Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld in the 2012 comic series _Sword of Sorcery_. The series was based on an earlier comic series with the same name. It was released in August 2013.

She also wrote a guide for writing, _Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games_.

## Personal life

Marx's first husband, Peter Ledger. was an illustrator. His art is in the computer game _Conquests of Camelot_ and the graphic novel _Sisterhood of Steel_.

## Awards

- Marx won the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award from the Writers Guild of America in 2000. She won the award for her work in animation writing.
- Best Computer Adventure game 1990, by Video Games and Computer Entertainment Magazine, for _Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Holy Grail_
- Best Adventure game 1991, by Computer Game Review and Enchanted Realms, for _Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin_ _Hood_
- Marx was part of the team that won a 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers. The team won the award for the Harcourt Achieve Steck-Vaughn IMPACT Graphic Novels series

### Books

- Life in the Ocean Depths (Life in Extreme Environments) 2003
- Watson and Crick and DNA (Primary Sources of Revolutionary Scientific Discoveries and Theories) 2005
- The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (Tragic Fires Throughout History) 2004
- Jet Li (Martial Arts Masters) 2002
- Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games 2007

### Comics

- _Sword of Sorcery Volume 1: Amethyst_, 2013
- _Birds of_ Prey #27, 2014
- _Convergence: Zero_ _Hour_ Book 1, published in 2015

### Television

(series where she is head writer are in bold)

- _The New Fantastic Four_ (1978)
- _Spider-Man_ (1981-1982)
- _Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends_ (1981-1982)
- _G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero_ (1985)
- ***Jem*** (1985-1988)
- _Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future_ (1988)
- _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ (1988)
- _Dino-Riders_ (1988)
- _The Twilight Zone_ (1989)
- _G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero_ (1990)
- _Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!_ (1991)
- ***Conan the Adventurer*** (1992-1993)
- _Babylon 5_ (1994)
- _Mighty Max_ (1994)
- _Darkstalkers_ (1995)
- ***Hypernauts*** (1996)
- _Captain Simian &amp; the Space Monkeys_ (1997)
- _ReBoot_ (1997)
- _Pocket Dragon Adventures_ (1998)
- _Beast Wars: Transformers_ (1998)
- _Shadow Raiders_ (1998-1999)
- _Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends_ (1999)
- _Kong: The Animated Series_ (2000)
- _X-Men: Evolution_ (2001)
- _Ultimate Book of Spells_ (2001)
- _Stargate Infinity_ (2002)
- _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_ (2003)
- _Alien Racers_ (2005)
- _Zorro: Generation Z_ (2006)
- _Legend of the Dragon_ (2006)
- _Biker Mice from Mars_ (2006)
- _Dork Hunters from Outer Space_ (2008)

### Film

- _What Waits Below_ (1984)
- _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_ (2002)
- _Jem and the Holograms_ (2015)

## Video games

- _Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail_ (1990)
- _Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood_ (1991)
- _The Legend of Alon D'ar_ (2001)
- _Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus_ (2003)
- _CSI: Hard Evidence_ (2007)
- _The Lord of the Rings: War in the North_ (2011)

## Other websites

- Christy Marx at MobyGames

## Infobox (writer)

- **name**: Christy Marx
- **image**: Christy Marx at Game Developers Conference (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Marx at the 2015 Game Developers Conference
- **occupation**: Screenwriter
- **nationality**: American
- **notableworks**: _Jem (TV series), Jem_, _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, _Conan the Adventurer (animated series), Conan the Adventurer_, _G.I. Joe_, _Hypernauts_, _Captain Power_
- **spouse**: Randy Littlejohn
Peter Ledger
(1983–1994; his death)
- **years active**: 1978–present