GENE BREWER

'Gene Brewer' (b. 1937) is the author of the ''K-PAX'' series of novels: K-PAX, K-PAX II, K-PAX III, and ''Prot's Report'', a brief natural history of the Earth, which appears in the K-PAX trilogy, an omnibus edition of the first three K-PAX books. The first book in the series was made into a Universal Pictures film in 2001.
The psychiatrist in his novels is named after him, being named Dr. Gene Brewer.
Brewer currently lives in New York City and Vermont, with his wife and their mixed-breed dog, Flower.
His new memoir is called ''Creating K-PAX''.