Brouwer's novel, Dead Man's Switch, won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2015 for Canada's best young adult mystery of the year.
Brouwer holds an undergraduate Commerce degree from Calvin College, as well as being a graduate of Carleton University's journalism program.
At the age of 22, Brouwer won the gold medal in the Canada Winter Games for racquetball (doubles).
Brouwer wrote his first book when he was ten years old and began submitting his work to publishers when he was 20.
His eldest daughter, Cova Brouwer Gentry, is a screenwriter based out of in Los Angeles, California.