Chris Claremont

Chris Claremont is a comics writer and novelist whose first continuous run on Uncanny X-Men lasted seventeen years. His work helped define the series through stories including The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past, created in collaboration with artist John Byrne.

He also wrote Captain Britain with artist Herb Trimpe and developed the fantasy comics The Black Dragon and Marada, the She-Wolf with John Bolton. His work extends to prose fiction, and his papers are held by Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library.