Don Brown (author)

Don Brown
Brown in 2017
Brown in 2017
Born (1960-06-03) June 3, 1960 (age 64)
Plymouth, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationAuthor; Attorney; Former Naval Officer
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (JD)
GenreThriller, fiction, Nonfiction, history, biography, military
Notable worksTreason, Black Sea Affair, Malacca Conspiracy, Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six, The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Children3
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Website
donbrownbooks.com

Donald Mitchell Brown, Jr. (born June 3, 1960) is an American author, attorney, and former United States Navy JAG Officer. He has published fifteen books on the United States military, including eleven military-genre novels,[1] the best known of which is Treason (2005) in which radical Islamic clerics infiltrate the United States Navy Chaplain Corps.[2][3] He has published four works of military nonfiction, including his national bestseller, The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II (2017).[4][5][6][7][8] Brown may be best known for his work as legal counsel to Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who had been convicted of murder by a military court-martial at Fort Bragg when his platoon became involved in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2011, and his authorship of the 2019 book Travesty of Justice: The Shocking Prosecution of Lt. Clint Lorance. On November 15, 2019, President Donald Trump pardoned Lorance,[9] and the book is considered to be a factor in leading to that pardon.[10] Between the release of Travesty of Justice on March 31, 2019, and Lorance's pardon on November 15, 2019, Brown made numerous national television appearances and penned a number of national Op-eds urging President Trump to free and exonerate Lieutenant Lorance.[11] On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, November 27, 2019, Brown and Lorance appeared on Hannity, the nightly national broadcast on the Fox News Channel to discuss the presidential pardon and release.[12][13]

  1. ^ "50 Years of 'Christy' - Why Catherine Marshall's Classic Endures - Family Fiction". Family Fiction. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Treason: Book One in Don Brown's Navy Justice Series - Yahoo Voices". 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Poling, Dean. "Book review: 'Treason' and 'Hostage' / Don Brown". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Jerry Yellin details his military experience in 'The Last Fighter Pilot'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Larry Elder Radio Show Hour 1 08/02/2017". Retrieved 22 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ New York Times article on death of Captain Jerry Yellin, by Richard Goldstein, referencing the book The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II- December 24, 2017
  7. ^ Washington Post article on death of Captain Jerry Yellin, by Harrison Smith, referencing the book The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II- December 21, 2017
  8. ^ Military Times article Archived 2018-01-04 at the Wayback Machine on death of Captain Jerry Yellin, by Charlsy Panzino, referencing the book The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II- January 3, 2018
  9. ^ White House press release announcing presidential pardon of Lorance – November 15, 2019
  10. ^ Article – Will there be a Leavenworth Season 2 (citing Travesty of justice as factor re-igniting Lorance case in the national discussion) November 19, 2019 ]
  11. ^ Washington Times OPED – Trump Must Free and Exonerate Lt. Clint Lorance, by Don Brown, November 7, 2019
  12. ^ Fox News Video -- Don Brown, Clint Lorance appear on Hannity, November 27, 2019
  13. ^ Newsweek Article, U.S. ARMY OFFICER LINKED TO WAR CRIMES AND LATER PARDONED SAYS HE HAD HOPE ONCE TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT, November 28, 2019, citing Brown-Lorance interview on Hannity