<p>Dawn Brotherton is an award-winning author and featured speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional writing, Dawn draws on her experience as a retired colonel from the US Air Force as well as a softball coach.</p><p>She has also completed four books (<em>Trish’s Team;</em> <em>Margie Makes a Difference; Nicole’s New Friend, and Tammy Tries Baseball</em>) in the middle grade Lady Tigers Series about girls’ fastpitch softball, encouraging female athletes to reach for the stars in the game they love. As a mother of two female athletes, Dawn is intent on encouraging women to “play like a girl,” which means play with determination, teamwork, sportsmanship and most of all, a love of the game.</p><p>Under nonfiction, the <em>Softball Scoresheet</em> was created to keep score during softball games with instructions written for those not as familiar with the intricacies of the game.</p>