David W. Brown is an American author who lives in

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. He is a regular contributor to ''

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Career as an author

His work generally concerns

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and

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

. 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, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts ...

, 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 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Science Fiction. In 2019, he signed a second publishing contract with HarperCollins to write a memoir titled ''The Outside Cats'', about two expeditions to

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that he joined. He described the second expedition, to

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, in an essay published in the November 28, 2022 issue of

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

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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 degree ...

Master of Fine Arts
University of Arkansas at Monticello Official Alumni Facebook post about David W. Brown and a

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from

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Published works

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