Brian Panowich

Brian Panowich
OccupationsWriter, Firefighter

Brian Panowich is an American author and journalist.[1]

Biography

Panowich grew up an "Army brat" in Europe before moving to East Georgia.[1] Before becoming a writer he was a firefighter in Augusta, Georgia.[2]

He is known for the novels Bull Mountain, Like Lions, and Hard Cash Valley.[2][3]

Atlanta called Bull Mountain a brilliant debut novel.[3] Panowich won the 2016 International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel and the Southern Book Prize for fiction.[4] He is also a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist[citation needed] and the 2020 Georgia Author of the ear.

El País called his work about adventures in the mountains of Georgia "country noir".[5] Il Giornale also wrote about his work.[6] The HuffPost interviewed him in 2015.[7]

In 2015 ITV Studios optioned Bull Mountain for adaptation into a TV series.[8]

Panowich has four children.[9]

Bibliography

  • Bull Mountain (2015)
  • Like Lions (2019)
  • Hard Cash Valley (2020)
  • Nothing But the Bones (2024)

References