Wes Browne

Wes Browne lives within the Kentucky River Basin in Madison County, Kentucky. He has practiced law as a criminal defense attorney, prosecutor, and public defender in Appalachia for over 24 years. He also helps run his family's pizza shops. His novel They All Fall the Same won the 2025 Weatherford Award for Fiction, was named one of Book Riot's Best Books of 2025 (So Far) and one of 2025’s Biggest Mysteries or Thrillers by Goodreads. His debut novel Hillbilly Hustle was named one of 17 recommended lockdown reads by Merriam-Webster in 2020.