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name: "John Shirley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-shirley-1217663"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 February 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:26:03.411906+00:00"
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# John Shirley

Writer. Born 10 February 1953 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 February 1953, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Also known as:** John Patrick Shirley

## Biography

John Shirley (born 10 February 1953) is an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter whose work spans science fiction, horror and cyberpunk. Born in Houston, Texas, he began publishing in the 1970s and is associated with the early development of the cyberpunk genre through novels such as *City Come A-Walkin'* (1980) and the *Eclipse* trilogy.

His screenwriting credits include the initial drafts of the 1994 film *The Crow* and the teleplay for the *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* episode 'Visionary' (1995). He has also written for animated series including *Batman Beyond*, *The Real Ghostbusters* and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), the last of which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. Under the pseudonym John Cutter he wrote novels in the *Specialist* series, one of which was adapted into the 1994 film *The Specialist*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Also known for

- *The Crow* (1994), Screenplay
- *The Specialist* (1994), Novel
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), Writer
- *Batman Beyond* (1999), Writer
- *The Real Ghostbusters* (1986), Writer
- *The Tomb* (2009), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Sinbad* (1996), Writer

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