Tyler Corey Franck is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer from Portland, Oregon. He is best known for co-authoring The Expanse with Daniel Abraham under the pseudonym James S. A. Corey, as well as Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series (2014) and The Expanse: Expanded (2016 documentary short). The Expanse novels have been adapted into the television series The Expanse (2015 – 2022), with both Franck and Abraham serving as writers and producers on the show.
Leviathan Wakes, book one of The Expanse, was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel, while The Expanse series was nominated in 2017 and again in 2020 where it won.
Ty Franck initially created The Expanse as the setting for a tabletop role playing game, and is still responsible for plotting out the big story arcs in the books.
Ty operates the Twitter account for James S. A. Corey: @JamesSACorey
Ty also operates the Reddit account for James S. A. Corey: u/JamesSACorey
In late 2024, he co-founded Expanding Universe Productions (as a more permanent company).
Biography[]
Background[]
Franck wrote the Star Wars novel Honor Among Thieves (2014) with Abraham and used the pen name James S. A. Corey again. In addition to his own work, Franck has served as personal assistant to George R. R. Martin and has written for Martin's Wild Cards universe.
Writer[]
Season 1[]
- "Windmills" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
Season 2[]
- "Doors & Corners" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Caliban's War" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
Season 3[]
- "IFF" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Congregation" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Abaddon's Gate" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
Season 4[]
- "Oppressor" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Saeculum" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Cibola Burn" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
Season 5[]
- "Churn" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Winnipesaukee" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
- "Nemesis Games" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
Season 6[]
- "Azure Dragon" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Why We Fight" (co-written with Daniel Abraham)
- "Babylon's Ashes" (co-written with Daniel Abraham and Naren Shankar)
Media[]



Roles[]
Notes[]
- The original authors made a cameo appearance where they disembarked from the same shuttle before Miller from Ceres to Eros, in "Salvage" @ [27:24].
fan response on Reddit
Trivia[]
- During the final official "The Churn" podcast produced for SyfyExpanse in the second season, when asked what was his favorite scene to shoot, Ty stated that making the video where Dominique Tipper and Wes Chatham shoot him was his favorite.[1][2]
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External links[]
- Ty & That Guy Podcast (with Wes Chatham)
- Interviews
- glixel - 'Expanse' Co-Creator Ty Franck On Writing, 'Star Citizen' and Why He Hated 'Mass Effect 3' by Miguel Lopez, Simon Cox February 1, 2017
- News
- WBUR - On Point - 'The Expanse' authors on 'the importance of complicating people' (overview page for 48 min podcast episode) by Meghna Chakrabarti & Claire Donnelly September 12, 2023
- Science Friday (NPR) - How Humans Might Really Colonize the Solar System 02/17/2017