James Brown | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | San Francisco State University University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
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| Spouse | Paula Priamos-Brown |
| Relatives | Barry Brown (brother) Marilyn Brown (sister) |
James Brown (born 1957) is an American novelist who has also written short fiction and nonfiction.
His third memoir, Apology to the Young Addict, is the last of a trilogy dealing with addiction, recovery, and helping others achieve sobriety. His acclaimed first memoir, The Los Angeles Diaries (HarperCollins, 2003), is an intimate portrait of his dysfunctional family, covering his childhood, Hollywood script meetings, his splintered marriage and life with his older brother, the actor Barry Brown (1951–78), and his sister, the actress Marilyn Brown (1953–97), who both committed suicide. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Independent of London.[1] Brown and Patrick O'Neil co-authored, Writing Your Way to Recovery: How Stories Can Save Our Lives, a book on utilizing creative writing techniques in the drug and alcohol recovery community.