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Brian Trent was born on September 18 in Waterbury, Connecticut. His first experience with literature was when his mother would read to him from a lavishly-illustrated edition of the 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights. It was the beginning of his fascination with history, mythology, and adventure. From a very early age, Trent was an obsessively voracious reader and, very quickly, began writing and illustrating his own stories. From crayons to his first typewriter (a blue metallic Brother 11), he ascended through levels of technological evolution, moving to an electronic typewriter and then to the computer he swears by. He never decided to be a writer. It decided him.

Trent attended college at Teikyo Post University, where he majored in English and Philosophy. It was there he formed a circle of devoted, lifelong friends including actor Gary Ploski and screenwriting partner Marty Lang. His passion for the written word continued finding new forms of expression; Trent’s first major essays were published in The Humanist magazine, on such diverse subjects as longevity research, civil liberties, history, censorship, and the humanities.

In 1999, Trent wrote and produced a play entitled Remembering Hypatia for the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. Many of his college friends discovered they had been cast in it. During rehearsals, he began expanding the script into a novelized format. In 2005, he financed its publication and had the good fortune of seeing audiences embrace the work. He has given more than fifty lectures on Remembering Hypatia and was a guest of honor of the Yale Bookstore Author Series during National Banned Books Week in October 2005. The book was also nominated for Book of the Year by ForeWord magazine, praised on National Public Radio’s Faith Middleton Show, and featured on dozens of podcasts and discussion groups.

His passion for history has since led him on several research jaunts around the world. He is also a playwright, award-winning poet, actor, and screenwriter. He has since published Never Grow Old: The Novel of Gilgamesh, which was also a finalist for the Book of the Year Award.

Trent is an active writer for The Humanist, American Chronicle, E Pluribus Media, and Populist America. Literature, cinema, and gaming were and continue to be key influences on his work. . . as strongly as travel, exploration, and languages. A fierce opponent of tyranny in any form, he remains committed to the classical spirit of artistic and scientific inquiry. He is a vocal champion of freedom, particularly the freedom of thought and debate. He despises political cults and religious fanaticism, though champions honest discussion and religious liberty. He is an advocate for education, science, and art.

Trent lives in New England.