| Liam Brown | |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | English |
| Period: | 2013–present |
| Notableworks: | Evergreens, Skin, Broadcast |
Liam Brown (born 26 April 1983) is a British novelist. His debut novel, Real Monsters, was published in 2015[1] by Legend Press. His second novel, Wild Life,[2] was published in 2016 and his third, Broadcast,[3] was published in 2017. In 2019 his fourth novel, Skin, was shortlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize.[4] His fifth novel, Evergreens, was awarded the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year 2024 by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[5]
Brown was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. After leaving school, he spent "five years working a series of increasingly dead-end jobs",[6] before attending the University of Greenwich. In 2010 he received the de Rohan Scholarship,[7] enabling him to study for an MA in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University.
In 2013, Brown’s novel Fade To White was shortlisted for the 2013 Luke Bitmead Bursary.[8] Brown’s debut novel, Real Monsters, was published in 2015 by Legend Press. A short, sharp satire on the war on terror, author Ben Myers described Real Monsters as "a memorable and moving portrait of the futility of 21st century conflict".[9] His second novel Wild Life, "a compelling, chilling investigation into the dark instincts of masculinity",[10] was published in 2016, followed by Broadcast, a retelling of Faust, in 2017. His fourth novel, Skin,[11] was published in 2019, followed by Evergreens in 2023.