▁Brown ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁journal ism ▁at ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly , ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁write ▁articles , ▁ess ays , ▁film / the ater ▁reviews ▁and ▁humor ▁for ▁E W , ▁W ired , ▁G Q ▁and ▁Time , ▁among ▁others . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁writing ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁Magazine , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁George ▁Jean ▁Nathan ▁Award ▁for ▁D ram atic ▁Crit ic ism . ▁His ▁short ▁fiction ▁has ▁been ▁featured ▁on ▁This ▁American ▁Life . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁x L , ▁a ▁young ▁adult ▁novel ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁by ▁Alfred ▁A ▁Kn opf . ▁ ▁His ▁TV ▁cred its ▁include ▁H BO ' s ▁Em my - n omin ated ▁Sh arp ▁Object s , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Gill ian ▁F lyn n ▁novel ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁W GN ' s ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁Manh attan . ▁He ▁currently ▁writes ▁and ▁serves ▁as ▁co - exec utive ▁producer ▁for ▁the ▁Stephen ▁King - der ived ▁susp ense ▁series ▁Castle ▁Rock ▁on ▁H ulu , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁Writ ers ▁Gu ild ▁Award . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁consult ing ▁producer ▁on ▁the ▁up coming ▁Amazon ▁television ▁series ▁U top ia , ▁adapted ▁by ▁Gill ian ▁F lyn n ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁work . ▁ ▁Brown ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁child hood ▁friend ▁and ▁writing ▁partner ▁Anthony ▁King ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁Off - B road way ▁musical