David W. Brown is an American author who lives in

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Career as an author

His work generally concerns the

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. In 2016, he signed a publishing contract with

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to write a book titled ''The Mission, or: How a Disciple of Carl Sagan, an Ex-Motocross Racer, a Texas Tea Party Congressman, the World's Worst Typewriter Saleswoman, California Mountain People, and an Anonymous NASA Functionary Went to War with Mars, Survived an Insurgency at Saturn, Traded Blows with Washington, and Stole a Ride on an Alabama Moon Rocket to Send a Space Robot to Jupiter in Search of the Second Garden of Eden at the Bottom of an Alien Ocean Inside of an Ice World Called Europa (A True Story)'', about NASA's Europa exploration program. It is categorized as

creative nonfiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contra ...

, and was published in 2021. Previously, he co-authored ''Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry'' and ''The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army'' with ''The Atlantic'' editor

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. Both books were published by

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. His first book, '' Red Planet Noir'', won the 2010

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for Science Fiction. In 2019, he signed a second publishing contract with HarperCollins to write a memoir about an expedition to

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that he joined. Brown is a former U.S. Army paratrooper and a veteran of Afghanistan. He holds a

Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...

in Creative Writing from

University of Arkansas at Monticello The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is a public university in Monticello, Arkansas with Colleges of Technology in Crossett and McGehee. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degrees ...

Master of Fine Arts
University of Arkansas at Monticello Official Alumni Facebook post about David W. Brown and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

Published works

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