Brandon M. Stickney (born in 1967 in Lockport, New York) is an American journalist, author, and documentarian. He was a newspaper reporter at the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal from 1990 to 1995. He is the author of All-American Monster: The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh (about Timothy McVeigh)[1][2] and The Amazing Seven Sutherland Sisters: A Biography of America's First Celebrity Models (about the Seven Sutherland Sisters).[3][4] Released in late 2020, Stickney's memoir is The Five People You'll Meet in Prison.[5]
Since his release from prison[6] in 2018, Stickney has volunteered in prison reform advocacy in Florida and in New York.
He attended Daemen College, Niagara County Community College, and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB).[when?] UB's English program was noted for professors Leslie Fiedler and Robert Creeley, among others.
After five years at the Union-Sun & Journal, Stickney helped ABC News, A&E Biography, and Court TV create documentaries on the Oklahoma City bombing. He also attended Timothy McVeigh's trial in Denver. He later managed marketing and promotions at Prometheus Books. RSA, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz Financial, hired him as marketing manager, where he led the communications department. He remained at RSA when it was acquired by Fiserv, a banking services partner.
He continued freelance writing for various publications, including Publishers Weekly and The Buffalo News. After working as a copywriter for Stand Advertising, the Partnership, and J. Fitzgerald Group, he began a Facebook column on addiction and mental illness called "Couchsurfing". The column, along with 20 prison diaries, became The Five People You'll Meet in Prison.
Bibliography
edit- All-American Monster: The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh (Prometheus Books, 1996) ISBN 1-57392-088-6
- The Amazing Seven Sutherland Sisters: A Biography of America's First Celebrity Models (Niagara County Historical Society, 2012) ISBN 978-1-878233-33-2
- The Five People You'll Meet in Prison: A Memoir of Addiction, Mania & Hope (Bancroft Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1610881968
References
edit- ^ Continelli, Louise (April 19, 2009). "Biographer of McVeigh has moved on from dark era". The Buffalo News.
- ^ "Oklahoma City: The Weight of Evidence". Time. April 28, 1997. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ Stickney, Brandon (July 10, 2006). "Old letter reports nine Sutherland sisters". Niagara Gazette.
- ^ "Sideshow World, Sideshow Performers from around the world". Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ Prohaska, Tom (November 21, 2020). "Lockport man's prison memoir: 'I knew there was a story there that wasn't being told'". The Buffalo News.
- ^ "The Five People You'll Meet in Prison: A Memoir of Addiction, Mania & Hope". Kirkus Reviews. Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 15. August 1, 2020.
