The founder and narrative director of Martian Brothel is Shanon Ingles, an Emmy-winning studio director, interactive screenwriter, narrative designer, and BAFTA member, best known for her work on the highly anticipated game JUDAS, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, God of War: Ragnarok, Batman: The Enemy Within, Batman: A Telltale Series, Silent Hill: Ascension, and Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.
 
She's currently writing at Naughty Dog. 

 

Martian Brothel partnered with GenVid to lead the narrative of Silent Hill: Ascension (an interactive series) -- and Ghost Story Games, formerly Irrational, on the writing of JUDAS. Other Martian Brothel partnerships have included Firaxis on the writing and narrative design of their RPG system for MARVEL'S MIDNIGHT SUNS -- and MidBoss on their indie game Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.

 

Shanon is also known for her work on GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK and at Telltale Games, mainly on both seasons of their WGA-nominated BATMAN series, The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Tales from the Borderlands and Minecraft: Story Mode, which is now on Netflix.

 

Shanon attended graduate film school at the University of Texas at Austin where she received a Mitchener Fellowship for writing and TA'd for Introduction to Screenwriting. She's interned on Battlestar Galactica and for Richard Linklater's production company Detour. She completed her undergraduate education on a Bright Futures Fellowship at New College of Florida, where she majored in Cognitive Psychology, completed her undergrad research studying Flashbulb Memories of 9/11, and edited the student newspaper The Catalyst.

 

As a New College of Florida alum, she's heavily involved in Save New College, working with faculty, students, parents, and alums in Florida and the rest of the country to fight off current and aggressive political attacks on higher education and educational freedom. Save New College was recently awarded a Downs Intellectual Freedom Award for 'their tireless efforts to defend academic freedom.'

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