I'm the author of eight books. Two non-fiction, (for John Wiley & Sons and the National Society of Professional Engineers) and six historical fiction/novels (for Dark Spark Press).
My historical novels are a six-book series, "The Puzzle Box Chronicles." Set in the late 1800s, it focuses on an important time of transition in America, when electric lighting is spreading across the country like a wave. Its locations range from private luxury train cars to seedy back alleys. Even the sparks created by that time period's "War of the Currents" can't fully illuminate the darkest parts of that history.
I am a high school English teacher, author and journalist. But my goal in life is to just be a good husband and father, a good son, a good friend, and a good person in general.
When I'm not writing, I enjoy traveling (I have been to 48 out of the 50 states and to six countries outside the U.S.). I hope to make it to all 50 states one day as well as make it to every continent. On the other side of the coin, I like being a homebody, where I can work on home projects like improving the landscaping of my yard or fixing things around the house. I also enjoy hiking and indulging the kid in me by building Legos or watching cartoons.
Matthew V. Brown, Ph. D., is an assistant professor of Management and Organization and adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan, William Davidson Institute, and Ross School of Business. Dr. Brown has been teaching and researching organizational behavior and executive leadership for the last seventeen years. He teaches multiple upper-level courses in the BBA program, advises Executive MBA teams’ capstone projects, and led the design of the University of the Virgin Islands' first doctoral program in Creative Leadership for Innovation and Change (CLIC). He was the lead instructor for the Goldman Sachs 10000 Women Entrepreneurs Program in Kigali, Rwanda (2009-2014]. Before that, he served as a senior consultant at Denison Consulting
David Navarria is a co-founder of the CCPC Organization, which began as a partnership in the early 2000s and was incorporated in 2007. The publishing company pioneered in providing services to help authors publish their books. Services included ghostwriting, book cover design, book formatting, proofreading, and editorial services, and they extended to acquiring copyrights and ISBNs and assistance in designing and promoting websites. CCPC Organization no longer accepts new clientele and maintains limited services.
Before the formation of the CCPC Organization, David Navarria, an award-winning graphic designer, utilized his formal college writing education to create media advertisements in newspapers, magazines, high-end brochures, and televis
