John Brown

Background

Brown was born on July 31, 1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Education

Career

He received his Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1982, and his Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. 2002 Louisiana Endowment for The Humanities 2002 Book of the Year for Audubon’s Watch.

Achievements

• 2002 Louisiana Endowment for The Humanities 2002 Book of the Year for Audubon’s Watch. 1998 George A. And Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship. 1996 Steinbeck Award for Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, United Kingdom (Awarded for the year"s best novel published in the United Kingdom by a writer under forty years old) 1996 Granta magazine Best Young American Novelists competition, Southern Region. 1994 The Lillian Smith Book Award for Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery. 1993 Lyndhurst Fellowship.

Membership

• Association of Writers & Writing Programs , United States

• Authors Guild , United States

• American Association of University Professors , United States

• Screen Writers Guild of America , United States

Connections

Spouse:

Carrie Brown

She is a novelist.

Daughter:

Molly McCully Brown

References

• Miles From Home With John Gregory Brown An article about John Gregory Brown in Deep South Magazine.