Jane Espenson
 Jane Espenson in September 2006 |
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| Occupation: | screenwriter comic book writer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Website: | www.janeespenson.com |
Jane Espenson is an American writer who has worked on several television series and comic books, as well as on a variety of other projects. She is perhaps best known for her five-year stint (from 1998 to 2003) as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Espenson started working as executive story editor in season 3.
Espenson wrote or co-wrote twenty-three episodes, beginning with the third-season episode "Band Candy" and ending with Buffy's penultimate episode, "End of Days". She is perhaps best known for the humorous episodes that she has penned (sometimes referred to as "Espensodes" or "Espisodes"), including "Triangle" and "Intervention", but she has also written entirely serious episodes such as "After Life".
Along with Drew Goddard, Espenson co-wrote the seventh-season episode "Conversations with Dead People", for which she won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Dramatic Presentation.
Other TV work
Espenson has worked on several other television shows, including:
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode 4.17 "Accession"
- Firefly episode "Shindig", with another finished but unproduced as of the cancellation of that series.
- The O.C. episode "The Gamble"
- Angel
- Tru Calling
- Gilmore Girls episodes 4.04 "Chicken or Beef", 4.16 "The Reigning Lorelai"
- The Inside
- The Batman
- Battlestar Galactica Season 3 episodes "The Passage", "Dirty Hands"
- Andy Barker, P.I.
- Jake in Progress (co-executive producer)
Editorial Work
Espenson is also the editor of Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly (BenBella Books, 2005), a collection of non-fiction essays on the short-lived television show Firefly.
She is joining the staff of Battlestar Galactica (2004) for the fourth season. [1]
See also
| Preceded by Drew Goddard |
Buffy the
Vampire Slayer Season Eight writer 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Joss Whedon |
External links
- Jane Espenson article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- 20 Questions with Jane Espenson on PopGurls.com
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| NAME | Espenson, Jane |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Writer |
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