Christopher Brown (author)

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Christopher Brown is an American author, who formerly wrote under the name Chris Nakashima-Brown, and is known for writing science fiction.

Christopher Brown
Brown at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Brown at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Website
christopherbrown.com

His first novel, Tropic of Kansas, was published in 2017 by Harper Voyager,[1] and was a finalist for the 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the year.[2]

His work frequently focuses on issues at the nexus of technology, politics, economics and ecology. His short fiction and criticism has been published in a variety of anthologies and magazines, including MIT Technology Review’s Twelve Tomorrows, LitHub, Tor.com, Reckoning, and The Baffler.

He was a 2013 World Fantasy Award nominee for the anthology he co-edited, Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic.[3]

His novel Rule of Capture, the first in a series of speculative legal thrillers, was published by Harper Voyager in 2019.[4] The sequel, Failed State, follows the further escapades of defense lawyer Donny Kimoe and was nominated for the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award.

Brown lives in Austin, Texas, where he is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop and also practices technology law.

References edit

  1. ^ "Tropic of Kansas". Harper Voyager.
  2. ^ "Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events". Center for the Study of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Nominees | World Fantasy Convention".
  4. ^ "Book Deals: Week of November 27, 2017". PublishersWeekly.com.

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