User:Johnbrown77/John Brown (American author)

John David Brown (born April 1, 1966) is an American author primarily known for his fantasy.

Early Years
Brown was born in Cottonwood, Utah and raised primarily in Bountiful, Utah. He spent many years working in the family floral and nursery business. He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in The Netherlands and Belgium and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Masters degree in Accountancy. After college Brown worked as a business consultant and instructor in Livermore, California and Westerville, Ohio. He current lives in Laketown, Utah, a ranching environment that inspiried one of the core ideas in his debut novel.

Career
Brown explored writing as a student at BYU, studying with Darrell Spencer, Leslie Norris, Bruce Jorgensen, and Peter Macuck. After attending a transformational writing workshop offered by Dave Wolverton, he began to submit his stories for publication. In 1996 he won a quarterly first prize in the annual Writers of the Future contest and published his first piece of fiction. His short story "The Scent of Desire" appeared in the contest's 1997 anthology of winners under the pseudonym Bo Griffin.

Brown focused much of his time from 1997 - 2002 establishing his career as a business consultant and instructor. In 2002 he attended his second pivotal workshop: Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp. After that workshop, Brown began to turn again to writing for publication, this time focusing on novels.

In 2007 he signed with his agent Caitlin Blasdell. In 2008 he signed a three-book contract with Tor Books for an epic fantasy series which begins with Servant of a Dark God.

While building his writing career Brown continues to work as a senior instructor with a large ERP software company.

Novels
Servant of a Dark God (2009)

Short Stories
"The Scent of Desire" (1997) "Loose in the Wires" (2005) "Bright Waters" (2005) "From the Clay of His Heart" (2008) 