Ernest Brawley
A Californian who has lived all over the world, Ernest Brawley has published numerous short stories and six novels. His prison novel, The Rap, became a feature film, Fastwalking. His farm worker novel, Selena, was purchased by 20th Century Fox. His Mexican novel, The Alamo Tree, was a Literary Guild Featured selection. His Vietnam War spy novel, Love Has No Country, was published in 2021. Streetlight, set in New York City in the crime-ridden 1970s, came out in 2022, as did Desert Places, the story of a beautiful aspiring actress who fights to make a success of her life despite her failure in Hollywood.