Brian david bruns biography

Brian David Bruns is a best-selling and award-winning author whose books have been lauded by the Travel Channel, Today Show, and USA Today, among other prestigious publications.
Brian David Bruns is the author of the best-selling Cruise Confidential series—by the only American in the history of Carnival Cruise Lines to endure a full.
Brian David Bruns Bruns attended the University of Northern Iowa, where he graduated with an art history degree.

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Brian David Bruns is the author of the best-selling Cruise Confidential series—by the only American in the history of Carnival Cruise Lines to endure a full contract in the ships’ restaurants. Brian’s hilarious, yet inspiring, journey was featured in ABC’s 20/20 special edition, “Cruise Ship Confidential,” seen by 7.61 million viewers. “This is a very funny, behind-the-scenes exploration of a cruise ship.” - Booklist “I found it absolutely hysterical!” - NBC Today Show “Bruns doesn’t hold back...” - Thomas Cook Magazine (UK) “This man has seen it all!” - ABC 20/20 “Cruise Confidential is a deliciously addictive read...” - Travel Channel “I couldn’t put it down.” - Chicago Sun-Times “A really entertaining true tale [about the] bizarre world of cruise ships...” - San Francisco Chronicle “... the real party is going on in the crew’s quarters..." - USA Today “Witty and self-depracating [Bruns] has a flair for dialogue...” - Blogcritics Magazine

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Books by Brian David Bruns

Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline: Where the Crew Lives, Eats, Wars, and Parties: One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships
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3.38 avg rating — 1,794 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions

Ship for Brains
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3.58 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions

Cruise Confidential 3: Unsinkable Mister Brown
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3.84 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions

High Seas Drifter
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3.91 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions

Rumble Yell: Discovering America's Biggest Bike Ride
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3.66 avg rating — 79 ratings — 4 editions

Cruise a la Carte: 30 behind-the-scenes morsels to entertain and delight
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3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings — 3 editions

Comstock Phantoms: Ghost Stories of Virginia City
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4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions

From Romania with Love: A True Global Romance (Gone with the Waves Book 1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16