Gene Brewer

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Gene Brewer
BornEugene N. Brewer
(1937-07-04) July 4, 1937 (age 86)
Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater DePauw University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
GenreScience fiction

Gene Brewer (born Eugene N. Brewer, July 4, 1937) is an American writer, the author of the K-PAX book series, [1] about a man who claims to be a visiting extraterrestrial from a planet called K-PAX: K-PAX (1995), On a Beam of Light (2001), K-PAX III: The Worlds of Prot (2002), K-PAX IV (2007) and Prot's Report, a brief natural history of the Earth, which appears in K-PAX: The Trilogy, an omnibus edition of the first three K-PAX books. The first book in the series was made into a film in 2001; it stars Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. [1]

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Biography

Brewer was born in Muncie, Indiana. [2]

He was educated at DePauw University and University of Wisconsin–Madison, and he studied DNA replication and cell division, then became a novelist. [3]

Brewer currently lives in New York City and Vermont with his wife.

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References

  1. 1 2 Scott, A. O. (October 26, 2001). "K Pax (2001) FILM REVIEW; Now Arriving on Track 10: The 3:15 From Outer Space". The New York Times .
  2. "Gene Brewer". Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  3. Brewer, Gene (2002). On a Beam of Light. New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. p. Inside back cover. ISBN   0-312-98208-9.