Gerald Austin Browne is an American author and editor.

Biography

Browne was raised in Litchfield County, Connecticut

Litchfield County, Connecticut

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. He attended the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

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, The Sorbonne

Sorbonne

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 and Columbia University

Columbia University

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, where he won several literary awards. His first novel, It's All Zoo, was written while he was living in Paris and working as a fashion photographer. His bestselling novels include 11 Harrowhouse, Green Ice, 19 Purchase Street, Stone 588, and Hot Siberian, several of which have been made into films. He lives in New York

New York

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with his wife, Merle, a model and actress, as well as the co-author of a novel entitled The Ravishers.

Works

• It's All Zoo (1968)
• The Ravishers (1970)
• 11 Harrowhouse (1972)
• Hazard (1973)
• The Arousers (1974)
• Slide (1976)
• Green Ice (1978)
• 19 Purchase Street (1982)
• Stone 588 (1986)
• Hot Siberian (1989)
• 18mm Blues (1993) (also published as Blue Pearls)
• West 47th (1996)
• Rush 929 (1999) (Book was never published)