Malcolm Brenner (writer)

In the 1990s, Brenner worked as an investigative reporter covering the Navajo Nation and surrounding area. A 1998 article on the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Russell Means which Brenner wrote for the Gallup Independent is featured on the AIM website.[2]

From 1992 to 1994, Brenner worked at the Farmington Daily Times. After being terminated, Brenner filed a federal lawsuit claiming that he had been terminated for practicing Wicca.[3]

Since 2010, Brenner has gained international notoriety for his novel, Wet Goddess.[4][5] The novel details several months in the life of fictional college student Zachary Zimmerman, in which the protagonist meets a dolphin named Ruby at a local theme park and falls in love with her.[6] Brenner claims the book is autobiographical, and based on a series of events that happened to him in the 1970s. In an article in the Huffington Post, Brenner said: "I wrote this book for dolphins because we are mistreating these animals by keeping them in captivity."[7]

Brenner claims to have had sex with a female dolphin named Dolly in the 1970s. Describing the experience, he stated they “stared into each others eyes” for moments after they made love and they tried seven different poses.[8] He is a zoophile activist.[9]

• Say "Rooo-beee!" (1974), Mind in the Waters, A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins, assembled by Joan McIntyre
• The Wet Aliens (May 1978), Future Life[10]
• Making Waves (October 1978), Penthouse
• Whale Museum Surfaces (July 1979), Future Life
• Dolphin (November 1979), Future Life
• Your God Isn't Big Enough – An Interview with John Lilly (August 1980), Future Life
• Interview – Poul Anderson (May 1981), Future Life
• Attack of the Laughing Warthogs (March 1981), Future Life
• Nikola Tesla – The Man Who Turned on the World (November 1981), Future Life
• Walkers bring peace message to Gallup (May 4, 1995), Global Emergency Alert Response 2000, originally published in The Gallup Independent
• The Us-Them Dichotomy (1995), Witchcraft Today IV. Living Between Two Worlds: Challenges of the Modern Witch[11]
• AIM seeks distance from Russell Means (January 5, 1998), The Gallup Independent
• Shiprock Miners Plot Radiation Act Amendments (January 26, 1998), originally published in The Gallup Independent
• Air, earth and water: Former miner was contaminated by uranium three ways (January 26, 1998), originally published in The Gallup Independent
• Volunteers Use Straw To Build Home For 86-Year-Old Woman (May 10, 1998), The Seattle Times, originally published in The Gallup Independent
• Navajo Ethics Investigator (August 1998), Investigative Reporters & Editors, originally published in The Gallup Independent
• A Witch among the Navajos (Summer 1998), Gnosis
• The Decline and Fall of Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise (October 1998), Investigative Reporters & Editors, originally published in The Gallup Independent
• Premium hikes leave self-employed uninsured (January 28, 2003), Charlotte Sun[12]
• Wet Goddess (2009)
• Masters of the Garden (September 2011), Harbor Style[13]

• 1992 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: First Place, Investigative
• 1993 – New Mexico Press Association: Second Place, Columns
• 1994 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: First Place, Columns
• 1995 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: Best of Show and First Place, Investigative
• 1996 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: First Place, Investigative
• 1996 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: First place, Spot News Photo
• 1998 – New Mexico Press Association: First Place, News Writing
• 1998 – New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors Awards: First Place, Columns
• 2004 – Florida Society of Newspaper Editors: Honorable Mention[14]
• 2004 – National Newspaper Association: Best Business Story
• 2004 – National Newspaper Association: Honorable Mention, Best Breaking News Story