Brian Keller Vaughan (born 1976) is an American comic book and television writer. He is best known for the comic book series The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, and Pride of Baghdad, and was one of the principal writers of the television series Lost, during seasons three through five. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of Lost. The writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season.
Vaughan was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland. As an undergraduate film student at New York University, Vaughan took part in Marvel's Stan-hattan Project, a class for fledgling comic book writers. His first credit was Cable #43 (May 1997).
Vaughan has written most of the major DC and Marvel characters, including Batman and the X-Men. He has also written several screenplays, stage plays, romance novellas, and short stories, although he prefers writing comic books. He has stated in an interview with Wizarduniverse.com that he prefers to write his own creations like The Last Man and Ex Machina.
Eisner Award (2008) for Best Series (along with artists Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan, Jr.) for Y: The Last Man.
Eisner Award (2005) for Best Writer, for his work on Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Ex Machina and Marvel's Ultimate X-Men, and for Best New Series (along with artists Tony Harris and Tom Feister) for Ex Machina.
Nominated for five Eisners in 2006: Best Writer; Best Single Issue, Best Serialized Story and Best Continuing Series for Ex Machina; and Best Serialized Story for Y: The Last Man.
"Comic's Best Writer" (2006), Wizard magazine.
Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009), Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores.
