We are excited to welcome back John H. Brown for a reading and book signing for the newest novel in the Augie Trilogy, Augie’s Wine. Augie’s War, Augie’s World and Augie’s Wine tell the stories (and travails) of Augie Cumpton–a young West Virginian who is sent to Vietnam. Augie faces the horrors of war and then suffers from PTSD when he returns home. And when he incurs the wrath of the Mafia, he is forced to go on the run. Augie’s Wine is set in West Virginia, Washington, DC and the California wine country.  

“Augie’s Wine is a vintage historical thriller that serves up a delicious blend of tension, intrigue and danger. With nuances of romance and humor, the novel is a spirited cuvee sure to please every literary palate. If you take a sip of Augie’s Wine, you’ll want the whole bottle!”

“Augie's War may be over but his battles have just begun. John H. Brown turns up the heat in this excellent series that sees our hero back from Vietnam into a hornet's nest of intrigue and criminality… that carries us from the soft brown earth of California wine country to the hard black coalfields of West Virginia. Highly recommended." –Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys

John H. Brown was born in Clarksburg, and he is a graduate of WVU. After graduation, he served a year in Vietnam (1969-70) as an Army enlisted man in the Americal Division. When he completed his military service, he began a career in public relations in Charleston. Upon retirement, he began writing his debut novel (Augie’s War) about the Vietnam War and how the protagonist’s Italian American family helped him survive the conflict.  John Brown has also written about wine and food as a columnist for The Charleston Gazette-Mail since the early 1980s. He lives in Charleston and Canaan Valley.