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J. Edward Brown (7 December 1929 - 28 June 2009) was a prolific New Zealand writer of short stories, articles and a number of novels.

Early Life
John Edward Brown was born in Wanganui New Zealand to Jack and Eileen Brown. He was the eldest of three children and left school at 14 to take up a cabinet maker apprenticeship which he hated. After going back to school, St Peters college. he then left at 15 to become a telegram boy for the Post Office. He then lived in Rarotonga and Niue in Nukulofa and has visited Nauru Island as a marine radio officer. In 1960 he marred Nan McCarthy with whom he had four children. Worked on Niue as Radio Superintendent when Luck of the Islands published.

Career
He began writing in his early 20's and since then has had 'hundreds of articles' published and has had recorded numerous articles and short stories for broadcasting, mostly around the Pacific. He has had short stories accepted by magazines, The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting commission and the B.B.C.

Works
His articles and short stories number in the thousands so there are too many to name but some of his notiable works are

Novels

 * Luck of the Islands, 1963
 * Chatham's Spy Ship, 1976
 * The Glass Arm, 1982
 * The Fixit Man, 1986
 * Black Pearls, 1998

Short Stories

 * New Neighbours - Short stories, 1981