Craig Weeden

Craig Weeden and frequent writing partner comics legend Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn, Painkiller Jane, Deadpool, Black Panther) have been hired by MiLa Media to develop Jimmy's graphic novel QUEEN CRAB into a TV series. Previously, they optioned their adaptation of Jimmy’s and former Marvel EVP Joe Quesada’s PAINKILLER JANE to Solipsist Films. Jimmy and Craig's graphic novel KILLING TIME IN AMERICA (based on their original screenplay) was published by PaperFilms. Foreign reprint rights have been sold. Their graphic novel FOUND is currently being serialized on Zestworld.

Solo, Craig wrote the feature-length action thriller DARK RED for Leigh Simons Productions, then was hired to write their documentary NO FALLEN HEROES. Craig's crime thriller DIAMOND PAYBACK was optioned (now expired) to Emmett Furla Oasis Films.

Craig's listed in A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, the International Who's Who in Poetry and at Poets & Writers. Over a hundred of his poems, stories, and articles have been published in such places as the New Orleans Review, Southern Poetry Review, Cimarron Review, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Writer's Digest, and Tennis. Numerous anthologies have included his work. He’s a contributing writer for Pipeline Artists and Zestworld.

Mia's Gift: A Muzzles the Manatee Story, a middle-grade novel Craig wrote with his wife, Victoria, was named Runner-Up in Children's Books at the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival and won an Honorable Mention at the 2009 New York Book Festival. Mia's Gift received the Silver Medal in the Best First Book category at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. And it hit #5 on Amazon's Hot New Releases list