Tami Lewis Brown

TAMI LEWIS BROWN holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College. She has been a lawyer, and more recently, writer-in-residence and librarian at The Sheridan School in Washington, D.C.

Tami is the author of WE REALLY DO CARE (Philomel, 2019) a picture book about compassion, empathy and the value of even the smallest act of kindness, and INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED (Disney/Hyperion, 2019) a picture book biography of the team of women became the first computer programmers.

Her forthcoming books include PERKIN'S PURPLE (Disney/Hyperion, 2020) about a boy named William Perkin who invented the first synthetic colors and changed the way scientists approach chemistry and the scientific method and ART IS LIFE (FSG Books for Young Readers, 2020) a biography of Pop artist Keith Haring.

Tami Lewis Brown grew up in Kentucky and attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Now she lives in one of the oldest houses in Washington, D.C.

Tami's website includes activity kits, interviews, newsreels and photos for all of her books. Visit her at www.TamiLewisBrown.com