Author Profile:  Brian Cox

Brian Cox is a newspaper editor in Detroit.  He’s received a variety of journalism awards and has published a dozen or so short stories.  His short story “The Surrogate Initiative” was selected for Houghton Mifflin’s “The Best American Mystery Stories 2020” anthology.  He is a New York Times crossword constructor.  He is the artistic director of Pencilpoint Theatreworks in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  He has directed for the Detroit Fringe Festival.  His full-length play Clutter received its world premiere at Theatre Nova in March 2017 and received the Wilde Award for Best New Script.  He and his wife Dana have two children, Elijah and Annie.