User talk:Andrewstuartbrown

Writer of advertising, marketing, print media. Two years provided editorial assistance for Witness a national literary review and substituted briefly as editor of The Detroit Poetry Newsletter. Poetry and fiction published in academic journals including The Beloit Fiction Review. Born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., received public school education in nearby suburb of Grosse Pointe. Graduated University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Bachelor in General Studies (BGS), a degree permitting substitution of a triple major curriculum (English Literature, American History, Journalism) for minimal two-year foreign language requirement. Competitive runner for eighteen years now sidelined by injuries. Enjoy biking, swimming, hiking and travel. Deaths of parents from cancer (father January 2000, mother June 2002), loss of job in a 300-person downsizing (February 2006), curtailing of physical activity by spinal fusion surgery (December 2007 and January 2008), now dedicated to writing fiction and developing fresh perspective of life as a pauper. Andrewstuartbrown (talk) 17:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)