Robert Gregory Browne (born 1955) is an American novelist, former screenwriter, and co-founder and creative director of Braun Haus Media, LLC.

Early life

Browne was born in

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, but at the age of eleven, moved with his family to

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. After discovering the work of

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, Browne set his sights on becoming a writer and at seventeen wrote 130 pages of a comedy mystery novel that remains unfinished. Browne tried writing speculative episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others, but none of these scripts were ever purchased and Browne shifted his interest to music.

Hollywood

In 1990, Browne took up writing again and completed a feature-length screenplay, which was a winner in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The program is sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and is designed to give aspiring screenwriters a way into the film industry. Browne was one of five winners that year and received a twenty thousand dollar grant for his screenplay, ''Low Tide''. Several weeks after winning, that screenplay sold to Showtime and was slated to be produced by the network. After two years of development, executives overseeing production left the network and the screenplay was put into turnaround. Browne continued working in Hollywood for many years. In the late 1990s, he worked with producer-writer Larry Brody, and was hired by

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as a staff writer for the animated show, ''

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'', based on the famed Italian comic book. He and Brody later worked together on the

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production, '' Spider-Man Unlimited''. In 2010,

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and Sony Pictures produced a television pilot based on Browne's novel, ''Kiss Her Goodbye''. The pilot starred Dylan Walsh,

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, and

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, with a script written and directed by

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Career as a Novelist

In 2005, Browne's first novel, ''Kiss Her Goodbye'', sold to

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. St. Martin's subsequently published three more novels, ''Whisper in the Dark'' (which received a starred review from

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), ''Kill Her Again'', and ''Down Among the Dead Men''. In 2011, Browne moved to

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, which released his apocalyptic supernatural thriller, ''The Paradise Prophecy.'' In 2012, Browne released a mystery thriller entitled ''Trial Junkies'', which became an Amazon bestseller. 2013 brought two books: ''Trial Junkies 2: Negligence'' and ''Poe'', co-written with Brett Battles, and later ''Takedown'', a sequel to Poe. In 2015, Browne launched a new series ''Linger'' using the pen name Edward Fallon. Under his Braun Haus Media banner, Browne commissioned several authors to write further stories in the Linger series using the Fallon name, and wrote the seventh book himself.

Published works

*''Kiss Her Goodbye'' (St. Martin's, 2007; ) *''Whisper in the Dark'' (St. Martin's, 2009; ) *''Kill Her Again'' (St. Martin's, 2009; ) *''Killer Year: Stories to Die For'' edited by

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Story: ''Bottom Deal'' (St. Martin's, 2008; ) *''Down Among the Dead Men'' (St. Martin's, 2010; ) *''The Paradise Prophecy'' (Dutton, 2011; ) *''Love is Murder'' edited by Sandra Brown Story: "Speechless" (Mira, 2012; ) *''Trial Junkies'' (Braun Haus Media, 2012; ) *''Trial Junkies 2: Negligence'' (Braun Haus Media, 2013; ) *''Poe'' co-written with Brett Battles (Braun Haus Media, 2013; ) *''Takedown'' co-written with Brett Battles (Braun Haus Media, 2014; ) *''Linger: Dying is a Wild Night (pen name Edward Fallon)'' (Braun Haus Media, 2015; ) *''Linger 7: Journey of a Thousand Miles (pen name Edward Fallon)'' (Braun Haus Media, 2015; ) *''Casting the Bones: An Author's Guide to the Craft of Fiction'' (Braun Haus Media, 2017; ) *''Double Negative'' (Braun Haus Media, 2021; ) *''A Measure of Darkness'' (Braun Haus Media, 2021; )

Interviews

Liam Sweeny Interviews Robert Gregory Browne

Write with Impact Interview

Novels Alive Interview

Storytelling and the Art of Composing

Meet Robert Gregory Browne

Interview with Robert Gregory Browne

Writing Duo Battles and Browne

References

External links

* http://www.robertgregorybrowne.com * http://www.castingthebones.com * http://www.murderati.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Robert Gregory 21st-century American novelists Living people 1955 births Writers from Honolulu American male novelists 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Hawaii