Browne Lewis grew up on the bayou in Louisiana. After graduating number one in her class from Grambling State University, she escaped the heat and attended law school at the University of Minnesota. Browne later returned to the south to get her L.L.M. from the University of Houston Law Center. She is the Dean at North Carolina Central School of Law. In her free time, Browne likes to run, travel and write fiction. She is currently completing her first fiction novel.