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Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown was born in New York City in 1926. His real name was Richard Chester Brown, but he changed it when he became a child actor, because there was already an actor called Richard Brown.
When he grew up, Jeff worked in Hollywood for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and as a story consultant at Paramount Studios. He preferred to write himself though and he soon became a full-time writer for magazines.
The idea for Flat Stanley came to him one night at bedtime when his sons J. C. and Tony were young and stalling for time. One asked what would happen if the big bulletin board on the wall were to fall on him, and Mr. Brown said he would most likely wake up flat. That led to speculation about what such a life might be like.
After writing Flat Stanley, Mr. Brown went on to Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley in Space, Stanley's Christmas Adventure, Invisible Stanley and finally Stanley, Flat Again!
Jeff Brown died in December 2003.
When he grew up, Jeff worked in Hollywood for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and as a story consultant at Paramount Studios. He preferred to write himself though and he soon became a full-time writer for magazines.
The idea for Flat Stanley came to him one night at bedtime when his sons J. C. and Tony were young and stalling for time. One asked what would happen if the big bulletin board on the wall were to fall on him, and Mr. Brown said he would most likely wake up flat. That led to speculation about what such a life might be like.
After writing Flat Stanley, Mr. Brown went on to Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Stanley in Space, Stanley's Christmas Adventure, Invisible Stanley and finally Stanley, Flat Again!
Jeff Brown died in December 2003.