David W. Brown
<p>David W. Brown is a freelance writer whose nonfiction appears frequently in <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>The New Yorker</em>, and <em>the New York Times</em>. His work can also be found in <em>Scientific American</em>, <em>Vox</em>, and <em>Smithsonian</em>. He is an Antarctic expeditioner, an endurance runner, a former U.S. Army paratrooper, and a veteran of Afghanistan. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Arkansas at Monticello. <em>The Mission</em> is his fourth book. Brown lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.</p>