Katherine "Kathy" Lawrence (December 11, 1954 – March 25, 2004) was a television series screenwriter and a short story science fiction and children's non-fiction educational books and video game writer.

Biography

Lawrence was born Katherine Selbert on December 11, 1954. She chose her writing name because of her love for T. E. Lawrence and Jerome Lawrence. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the English language from the University of Washington in Seattle and suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. In 1996, she was nominated for Outstanding Script by the Writers Guild of America for "Icebound", an episode of Hypernauts, a live-action science fiction series.

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On March 27, 2004, her body was found at San Pedro River in Arizona, along with a suicide note. Lawrence was 49 years old, and her death was apparently caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her ashes were spread over Mount Lemmon, which was her favorite area.

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Writing credits

Television

Dungeons & Dragons (1985) MoonDreamers (1986) Bionic Six (1987) Muppet Babies (1987) Beetlejuice (1991) Conan the Adventurer (1992-1993) Biker Mice from Mars (1994) Mighty Max (1994) Darkstalkers (1995) G.I. Joe Extreme (1996) Hypernauts (1996) Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders (1996) ReBoot (1998) Shadow Raiders (1998) Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999) Kong: The Animated Series (2000) X-Men: Evolution (2000) Stargate Infinity (2002-2003) Legend of the Dragon (2006)

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Film

The Secret of Mulan (1998)

Video games

Mario is Missing! (1993) Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb (1994) This Means War! (1995) Battle Vision (1997)

References

External links

Katherine Lawrence memorial website

1954 births

2004 suicides

2004 deaths

People with chronic fatigue syndrome

American children's writers

American education writers

American fantasy writers

American science fiction writers

American television writers

Suicides by firearm in Arizona

University of Washington alumni

Video game writers

American women novelists

20th-century American novelists

20th-century American women writers

Women science fiction and fantasy writers

20th-century American short story writers

American women non-fiction writers

American women television writers

20th-century American screenwriters

Suicides by drowning in the United States

21st-century American women

Women in the video game industry