Gene Brown
Gene Brown is a resident of Seattle, Washington. His writing career began in high school and has continued unabated for the past sixty years, despite detours as a Navy musician (1961-1968), small business manager and banker. After his honorary separation from military service, he attended City College of San Francisco on the GI Bill. Raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Brown is a frequent contributor to the blog ... which features stories of Anchorage from the 1940s to the '80s, written by residents...See more
Gene Brown is a resident of Seattle, Washington. His writing career began in high school and has continued unabated for the past sixty years, despite detours as a Navy musician (1961-1968), small business manager and banker. After his honorary separation from military service, he attended City College of San Francisco on the GI Bill. Raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Brown is a frequent contributor to the blog ... which features stories of Anchorage from the 1940s to the '80s, written by residents and former residents. Brown was stationed in Japan for nearly five years, where he developed affection for the country and its people, and married a Japanese woman, the former Sachiko (Nina) Takahashi. His previous books include Asano No Katana (Sword of Asano) and Backstory: The Making of a Novel. See less
