David W. Brown is an American author from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] He is a regular contributor to The Atlantic,[2] The Week,[3] and Mental Floss.[4His work generally concerns the American space program. In 2016, he signed a publishing contract with HarperCollins to write a book titled One Inch From Earth, about NASAs Europa exploration program.[5] Previously, he co-authored Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry and The Command: Deep Inside the Presidents Secret Army under a pseudonym, D.B. Grady.[6] Both books were published by John Wiley & Sons. His first book, Red Planet Noir, won the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Science Fiction.[7]