BIO

    I was born in Cleveland, Ohio in the summer of 1952. When I was twelve, I made the decision to be the center fielder for the New York Yankees, or perhaps a writer.
    I did not get a professional baseball contract.
    My family moved to Colorado in the late sixties. I studied History at Colorado State University for a few years before drifting into a career in restaurant management. By the time I was forty, I had ridden a pro-rodeo bull, jumped from a bungee tower, married twice, owned and bankrupted two restaurants, done stand-up comedy and played heavy metal in several bands. I had not, however, done much writing.
    Noticing the passage of years, I decided to get serious about the thing I loved most. I left my job and returned to CSU, studying English Literature and Creative Writing. After two years, I had a degree, a finished manuscript, and outlines for ten other novels.
    Now I cook in a pub-style restaurant during the day and write at night. In my spare time, I lift weights, play blues guitar, and take care of my wife and three children. I turn fifty this summer, so I drink less beer than I used to, but not much less. In alternate universes, I am a talk-radio host, a tent-show evangelist, and a pro wrestler. In this universe I write, and pay many of my bills.

SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What made you decide to write your novel from the point-of-view of the Mexican Army?

2. Why is it important to know the other side of the story?

3. How did you choose Manuel Fernandez Castrillón as your hero?

4. The battle for the meaning of the events in 1836 is still being fought. Who's involved, and what's at stake?

5. You've been quoted as saying, "Most of what we think we know about the Alamo is wrong." How so?

6. How did Davy Crockett really die?

7. The Alamo that tourists see is a stone church, not a fort. When was it built? What was it for?

8. According to the Alamo myth, William Travis drew a line in the dirt with his sword, and invited everyone who would stay and die with him to "cross the line." Is the story true?

9. What was the best Alamo movie?

CONTACT INFORMATION

Brian Kaufman
info@briankaufman.net
www.briankaufman.net

P.O. Box 1712, Ft. Collins, CO 80522-1712

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