About

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.[4His 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 NASAs Europa exploration program.[5] Previously he co-authored Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry and The Command: Deep Inside the Presidents Secret Army under a pseudonym D.B. Grady.[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]