Gene Brewer (born Eugene N. Brewer, July 4, 1937) is an American writer, the author of the ''K-PAX'' book series,
about a man who claims to be a visiting extraterrestrial from a planet called K-PAX: ''
K-PAX
''K-PAX'' is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the ''K-PAX'' series. The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot. It is written in the first person from the point of view of Prot's psychiat ...
'' (1995), ''On a Beam of Light'' (2001), ''K-PAX III: The Worlds of Prot'' (2002), ''
K-PAX IV'' (2007) and ''Prot's Report'', a brief natural history of the Earth, which appears in ''K-PAX: The Trilogy'', an omnibus edition of the first three K-PAX books. The first book in the series was made into a
film
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in 2001; it stars
Kevin Spacey
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and
Jeff Bridges
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.
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Biography
Brewer was born in Muncie, Indiana.
He was educated at DePauw University and University of Wisconsin–Madison, and he studied DNA replication
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and cell division
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, then became a novelist.
Bibliography
* ''K-PAX: The Trilogy'' (2003). New York: Bloomsbury USA, . (Omnibus featuring "Prot's Report")
* ''En un Rayo de Luz'' (2003) Umbriel, . (Spanish trans. of ''On a Beam of Light'')
* ''Creating K-PAX, Or, Are You Sure You Want to Be a Writer?'' (2005) Xlibris, . A memoir concerning the 2001 lawsuit over the film ''Man Facing Southeast
''Man Facing Southeast'' ( es, Hombre mirando al sudeste) is a 1986 Argentine science fiction drama film written and directed by Eliseo Subiela, starring Lorenzo Quinteros and Hugo Soto.
The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Bes ...
''.
* ''Murder on Spruce Island: A Louis B. Davenport Mystery'' (2006), Xlibris, .
* ''Wrongful Death: A Novel in Dialogue'' (2006) Xlibris, .
* ''Ben and I: A Christmas Story'' (2006) Xlibris, .
* ''Watson's God: A Novel'' (2007) Xlibris, .
* ''Three Stories and a Novella: For All Ages'' (2007) .
* ''The American Way: A Politically Incorrect Satire'' (2007), Xlibris, .
* ''K-Pax Redux: A Play, Screenplay, and a Report'' (2007) Xlibris, .
* ''3 Early Novels'' (2007), Xlibris, .
* ''Becoming Human'' (2013), Xlibris .
References
External links
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20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American memoirists
American science fiction writers
1937 births
Living people
People from Muncie, Indiana
21st-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers