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*

## Publications 
### 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 

## Filmography 
### 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;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)

## References 
## Other websites 
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* Christy Marx at MobyGames