Laurie S. Sutton (born March 19, 1953) is an American writer of

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and

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. She worked for

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and

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in the 1980s and has written several books for

Capstone Publishers Capstone is a publisher of children's books and digital products. Capstone focuses on the educational market. They also sell to the trade market and internationally. Capstone publishes nonfiction, fiction, picture books, interactive books, audi ...

in the 2010s.

Career

Laurie S. Sutton was born in

Woodbury, New Jersey Woodbury is a city in and the county seat of Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. Her father was a project manager for

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and the family frequently moved across the country. She began reading

at the age of 8 after receiving a large number of them as a Christmas gift. After graduating from

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational ...

in 1975, Sutton worked for Abaris Books and the

Comics Code Authority The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled comic publishers to self-regulate the content of American comic book, comic books in the ...

. Sutton has stated that "when I was a reviewer at the Comics Code from 1978 to 1979, I never considered my job to be one of censorship...As a matter of fact, being a comic book fan, I was very open-minded and lenient with artists, writers and editors who brushed up against the letter of the regulations." She began writing for

in 1980 and worked on the "

Adam Strange Adam Strange is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by editor Julius Schwartz and designed by Murphy Anderson, he first appeared in '' Showcase'' #17 (November 1958). Adam Strange made his live-action de ...

" backup feature in ''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

'' as well as stories for ''

Secrets of Haunted House ''Secrets of Haunted House'' was a horror-suspense comics anthology series published by American company DC Comics from 1975 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982. Publication history The series began in April–May 1975. Like its predecessor ''Secrets of S ...

'', ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'', and '' The Unexpected''. and

Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'', for which he created the character Elektra, and ...

credits Sutton with introducing him to Japanese comics which influenced his work on '' Ronin''. She worked as an editor for DC (1981–1982) and oversaw "

The Great Darkness Saga "The Great Darkness Saga" is a five-issue American comic book story arc featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. It was written by Paul Levitz, with art by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt. Published by DC Comics in 1982, the arc first appears in ''L ...

" storyline in the ''

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''. After leaving DC, Sutton worked for

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line (1983–1985) and for Donning Publishing from 1985 to 1987. She returned to comics in the mid-1990s and wrote '' Star Trek: Voyager'' stories for Marvel. Sutton has written several children's books for

featuring various DC Comics characters. She credits DC executive

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for helping her get this job. She won the

Publishing Innovation Award Digital Book World Publishing Innovation Award is a literary award sponsored by the magazine ''Digital Book World'' for innovation in electronic books.Ebook An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. A ...

– Flowable: Children" for her book ''

Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which wa ...

!: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast'' in 2015.

Bibliography

Comic books

DC Comics

* ''

'' #133–147 (

backup stories) (1980–1981) * ''

'' #24 (1980) * ''

'' #20 (1985) * '' The Unexpected'' #210 (1981)

Malibu Comics

* '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' #17–18, ''Annual'' #1 (1994–1995)

Marvel Comics

* ''

Epic Illustrated ''Epic Illustrated'' was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. Similar to the US-licensed comic book magazine ''Heavy Metal (magazine), Heavy Metal'', it allowed explicit content to be featured, un ...

'' #22, 24, 28 (1984–1985) * '' Star Trek: Voyager'' #1–3, 10–15 (1996–1998) * ''Star Trek: Voyager Splashdown'' #1–4 (1998) * ''Witch Hunter'' #1 (1996)

Warren Publications

* ''

Creepy Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease to someone and/or something. Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others; interest in horror or the macabre might come across as 'c ...

'' #106 (1979) * ''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...

'' #85 (1980)

Children's books

Capstone Publishers

* ''Batman & Robin Adventures: Clayface's Slime Spree'' 88 pages, March 2016, * ''Batman Classic: Going Ape'' 32 pages, April 2012, * ''Batman: The Joker's Dozen'' 112 pages, February 2015, * ''The Dark Knight: Batman vs. the Penguin'' 88 pages, August 2013, * ''Far Out Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Vampires'' 40 pages, August 2016, * ''

: The Curse of Atlantis'' 112 pages, August 2015, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Fright at Zombie Farm'' 112 pages, February 2015, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Ghost of the Bermuda Triangle'' 112 pages, August 2014, * ''Scooby-Doo: The House on Spooky Street'' 112 pages, August 2015, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Aztec Tomb'' 112 pages, August 2014, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Secret of the Flying Saucer'' 112 pages, August 2015, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Secret of the Sea Creature'' 112 pages, February 2014, * ''Scooby-Doo: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast'' 112 pages, February 2014, * ''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

: The Planet Collector'' 88 pages, August 2014, * ''Superman: The Real Man of Steel'' 88 pages, August 2014, * ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

: Sword of the Dragon'' 56 pages, February 2014,

References

External links

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Laurie S. Sutton
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Michael, Age 7, Interviews One of His Favorite KidLit Authors: Laurie Sutton
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Laurie S. 1953 births American children's writers American comic book editors American comics writers American female comics writers Living people Marvel Comics writers People from Woodbury, New Jersey Sarah Lawrence College alumni Writers from Gloucester County, New Jersey