Gene Brewer
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Gene Brewer (born Gene R. Brewer, July 4, 1937) is an American writer, the author of the K-PAX book series,<ref name=NYT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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) K-PAX V: The Coming of the Bullocks (2014) 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.<ref name=NYT/>
BiographyEdit
Brewer was born in Muncie, Indiana.<ref name = specfic>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He was educated at DePauw University and University of Wisconsin–Madison, and he studied DNA replication and cell division, then became a novelist.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Brewer currently lives in New York City and Vermont with his wife.
BibliographyEdit
- K-PAX: The Trilogy (2003). New York: Bloomsbury USA, Template:ISBN. (Omnibus featuring "Prot's Report")
- En un Rayo de Luz (2003) Umbriel, Template:ISBN. (Spanish trans. of On a Beam of Light)
- Creating K-PAX, Or, Are You Sure You Want to Be a Writer? (2005) Xlibris, Template:ISBN. A memoir concerning the 2001 lawsuit over the film Man Facing Southeast.
- Murder on Spruce Island: A Louis B. Davenport Mystery (2006), Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- Wrongful Death: A Novel in Dialogue (2006) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- Ben and I: A Christmas Story (2006) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- Watson's God: A Novel (2007) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- K-PAX IV: A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra (2007) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- Three Stories and a Novella: For All Ages (2007) Template:ISBN.
- The American Way: A Politically Incorrect Satire (2007), Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- K-Pax Redux: A Play, Screenplay, and a Report (2007) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- 3 Early Novels (2007), Xlibris, Template:ISBN.
- Becoming Human (2013), Xlibris Template:ISBN.
- K-PAX V: The Coming of the Bullocks (2014) Xlibris, Template:ISBN.