Don Brown (author)

Don Brown
Born June 3, 1960
Plymouth, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation Author; Attorney
Nationality American
Citizenship United States
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Genre Thriller
Notable works Treason, Black Sea Affair, Malacca Conspiracy
Children Mary Claire Brown, Caroline Mitchell Brown, Graham Hardison Brown[1]
Website
donbrownbooks.com

Donald Mitchell Brown, Jr. (born June 3, 1960) is an American author. Born in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. Brown is an author of ten published novels,[2] and is perhaps best known for his bestselling novel, Treason [3] released by Zondervan Publishing Company in 2005. Treason explored the issues and dangers of radical Islamic infiltration in the US military.

Early life and Education

A Washington County, North Carolina native currently living in Charlotte, North Carolina,[4] Brown received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received a Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.

US Navy JAG Officer

Brown spent five years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG).[5] He continued his studies at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, earning the Navy's nonresident certificate in International Law. While serving as a JAG officer in the Pentagon in 1992, Brown was published in the US Navy Law Review, drafting a legal position paper instructing United States Military Lawyers on defending against temporary injunctions filed against the military.[6] The published article in the prestigious Naval Law Review would become Brown's very first publication. While serving as a U.S. Navy JAG officer, Brown was appointed Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California.[7]

Navy Justice Series

Brown is author of Zondervan's Navy Justice Series: including Treason (2005), Hostage (2005), Defiance (2006), and Black Sea Affair, released in 2008.[8] His fifth novel, Malacca Conspiracy, a novel in which terrorists launch attacks against oil tankers in the Malacca Straights, was released in 2010.[9][10][11]

Brown's sixth novel, Thunder in the Morning Calm, a novel that explores the question of whether American servicemen who were listed as MIAs may still be alive in North Korea from the Korean War, was released in the summer of 2011.

Thunder in the Morning Calm was the first novel released in Zondervan's Pacific Rim Series, and Brown has stated in interviews that he penned the novel in part to bring attention to the issue of Americans left behind in North Korean prison camps at the end of the Korean War.[12][13]

Brown's seventh novel, entitled Fire of the Raging Dragon, a geopolitical action-thriller set in the South China Sea, was released through HarperCollins publishers in November 2012.[14][15][16]

Published works

Navy Justice series

  1. Treason (Zondervan Publishing, 2005)ISBN 0310259339
  2. Hostage (Zondervan Publishing, 2006)ISBN 0310259347
  3. Defiance (Zondervan Publishing, 2007)ISBN 0310272130
  4. Black Sea Affair (Zondervan Publishing, 2007)ISBN 0310272149
  5. Malacca Conspiracy (Zondervan Publishing 2010) ISBN 0310272157
  6. Destiny (Mountainview Books, LLC, 2014)ISBN 9781941291061 (WWII historical Prequel to series)

Pacific Rim series

  1. Thunder in the Morning Calm (Zondervan Publishing, 2011)ISBN 0310330149
  2. Fire of the Raging Dragon (Zondervan Publishing, 2012)ISBN 9780310410447
  3. Storming the Black Ice (Harper Collins Publishing, 2014)ISBN 9780310410454

Navy JAG Series

  1. Detained (Harper Collins Publishing, 2015)ISBN 9780310338055

US Navy Publications

  1. Temporary Injunctions Aimed at the Military: A Rapid Response Plan for Government Lawyers, by Lieutenant Donald M. Brown, Jr. JAGC, USNR, 40 Naval L. Rev. 157 (1992)

Legal career

Don Brown is also an attorney licensed in North and South Carolina. He is the owner of Brown & Associates, PLLC, a law firm located in Charlotte, NC,[17] where he practices law in the areas of Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Estate Planning.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Books:Malacca Conspiracy:Dedication to Children
  2. ↑ Family Fiction Magazine -- Compilation of ten novels by Don Brown
  3. ↑ Yahoo Voices, Opinion and Editorial - Treason: Book One in Don Brown's Navy Justice Series, by RE Norton, Yahoo Contributing Editor, April 27, 2007
  4. ↑ Elevate Lifestyle Magazine, March 29, 2014 - "Best of the City Awards" recognized for best local author, Charlotte (at page 19)
  5. ↑ Campbell University:Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - Family Tradition, Mary Claire Brown, Class of 2014
  6. ↑ Temporary Injunctions Aimed at the Military: A Rapid Response Plan for Government Lawyers, by Lieutenant Donald M. Brown, Jr. JAGC, USNR, 40 Naval L. Rev. 157 (1992)
  7. ↑ ENC Today Article November 10, 2005, "NC Author to Sign Books Saturday," by Kim Miller
  8. ↑ Barton College Hackney Library Guest Lecturers 2007
  9. ↑ Japan Times Article, August 22, 2010
  10. ↑ Pearl Harbor-Hickam AFB News,July 8,2011
  11. ↑ Charlotte Weekly Article, July 21, 2011
  12. ↑ Don Brown interview with Bob Crittenden on “The Meeting House,” Faith Radio Network, Montgomery, Alabama, September 14, 2011
  13. ↑ Family Fiction Magazine -- Heroism and Heartache; Three Authors Who Write Military Fiction by Rel Mollet -- November, December 2011 (p. 26 of 66)
  14. ↑ HarperCollins Publishers Authortracker
  15. ↑ World Magazine -- Debt and Destruction:Books:Insights into America's Rise Illuminate the Causes of her Unraveling, by Marvin Olasky -- November 30, 2012
  16. ↑ WZZM TV 13 (ABC affiliate Grand Haven, MI) -- New Book Foretelling Fictional Military Showdown Gets Grand Haven Residents Talking About Propaganda, by Pam Mettler -- December 14, 2012
  17. ↑ http://www.brownattorneys.com

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