Brian Patrick Castner was born on 1977 and is an American author, journalist, former explosive ordnance disposal officer and veteran of the Iraq War.
14 Facts About Brian Castner
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Brian Castner has authored four books and his writings have been published in The New York Times, Esquire and Wired.
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Brian Castner attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1999.
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Brian Castner cites his Jesuit education as a major influence in his works.
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Brian Castner graduated Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in 2003.
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Brian Castner served multiple tours of duty in the Middle East and Southwest Asia including Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Brian Castner led bomb disposal companies in Balad Air Base, Iraq in 2005 and Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq in 2006.
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Brian Castner was a featured writer at the Miami Book Fair in 2012, on a panel with Jake Tapper and Benjamin Busch.
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Lawrence Freedman, in his book The Future of War, called it "one of the best books of the genre," and Kirkus Reviews described Brian Castner's writing to be evocative and engaging.
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Brian Castner has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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Brian Castner was the writer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Institution in 2014.
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Brian Castner was featured on the PBS documentary Going to War which was nominated for an Emmy in 2019.
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In 2018, Brian Castner joined Amnesty International's International Secretariat as a Senior Crisis Advisor with the Crisis Response Programme.
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Brian Castner has conducted weapons investigations in Ukraine, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan and the United States.