Brian Reed

Brian Reed was the Halo franchise lead writer at 343 Industries. Previously employed by Marvel Comics, his first Halo work was Halo: Fall of Reach, a comic book adaptation of the Eric Nylund novel The Fall of Reach. He served as a writer for Halo 4 and was the lead writer of Spartan Ops. Reed later wrote the comic miniseries Halo: Initiation and subsequently issues 7 through 10 of Halo: Escalation. Reed also wrote Rossbach's World, one of the short-stories in Halo: Fractures.

Reed was the lead writer for Halo 5: Guardians, before moving to the position of Lead Narrative Director of the Halo franchise. Reed was a writer for Halo Wars 2. In early 2017, it became known that he had stepped down from the position.