Brenda Seals was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. When she married her husband, Jim, she moved to Knoxville, TN. She has three children and three grandchildren. “Son Down, Son Up: How One Mother Battled Her Son’s Addiction, Found Hope, and Survived” is her first non-fiction book. It is a book of hope which she felt she had to write after her son got clean from his drug addiction. Brenda loves to read and travel.