David W. Brown

David W. Brown is an American author from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[1] He is a regular contributor to The Atlantic,^[2] The Week,^[3] and Mental Floss.^[4]

Career as an author

His work generally concerns the American space program. In 2016, he signed a publishing contract with HarperCollins to write a book titled One Inch From Earth, about NASA's Europa exploration program.^[5] Previously, he co-authored Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry and The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army under a pseudonym.^[6] Both books were published by John Wiley & Sons. His first book, Red Planet Noir, won the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Science Fiction.^[7]

Brown is a former U.S. Army paratrooper^[8] and a veteran of Afghanistan.^[9] He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Arkansas at Monticello and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Louisiana State University.^[10]

Published works

• Grady, D. B. (April 9, 2013). Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken. ISBN 978-1-118-14668-2.
• Grady, D. B. (February 7, 2012). The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken. ISBN 978-1-118-34672-3.
• Grady, D. B. (December 2, 2009). Red Planet Noir (1st ed.). Brown Street Press, Lexington. ISBN 978-0-9641674-3-8.

References

External links

• David W. Brown's Official Website
• David W. Brown on The Atlantic
• David W. Brown on The Week
• David W. Brown on Mental Floss
• David W. Brown on Twitter
• D. B. Grady at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database