Draft:Catherine Gigante-Brown
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American Writer
Catherine Gigante-Brown (born October 9, 1959) is a novelist and journalist. Her first novel, The El[1], was released by Volossal Publishing as an ebook in 2012 and then as a trade paperback in 2014. The El is the first installment in what’s become known as “The El Trilogy.” It follows the trials and tribulations of an Italian-American family living in Borough Park, Brooklyn and spans four decades. The El was followed by its sequel, The Bells of Brooklyn in 2017. In 2020, the third installment, Brooklyn Roses, completed the cycle.
In between “The El Trilogy,” Gigante-Brown’s novels Different Drummer (2015), which she adapted into a musical for the stage and Better than Sisters, a crossover women’s fiction/young adult novel (2017), were published. Her most recent release is Paul and Carol Go to Guatemala (2021).
Gigante-Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York. Most of her novels are set in her native borough and have a strong, biographical influence. She attended St. Patrick’s Grammar School and Fort Hamilton High School, both in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, where she was grew up. After graduation, she went to Hunter College in Manhattan and graduated in 1982.
While holding down a variety of jobs, from Word Search© puzzles editor to administrative assistant, Gigante-Brown honed her craft as a freelance journalist. Her fiction, nonfiction and poetry appeared in publications as diverse as the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Ravishly, Industry and Mom’s Egg Review.
She has collaborated on projects with Robert “The Harrad Experiment” Rimmer and has consulted for Fortune 500 companies as well as private universities. A number of her scripts have been produced by small, independent companies. Her essay “Autumn of 9/11” was awarded first prize in The Brooklyn Public Library’s “My Brooklyn” contest. Her works Weekender and Moving Pictures were included in the Rosendale Theatre Collective’s Short Play Festivals. She has been a featured guest and reader at many venues, television programs and events.
Along with late poet Darryl Alladice, Gigante-Brown developed a powerful spoken word piece called “My Brooklyn, Your Brooklyn,” about coming of age in the County of Kings. They performed MBYB at several locations throughout the Tristate area, including the Cornelia Street Café.
Gigante-Brown divides her time between her native Brooklyn, upstate New York and Florida, where she lives with her husband and their son.