Cathy Marie Bown is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Tau Delta – International English Honor Society, and Alpha Sigma Lambda Honors Societies. Cathy has an associate degree in Liberal Arts, a BA in Creative Writing and English with a minor in Art History, and a BA in History from Southern New Hampshire University. She is currently enrolled in a Creative Writing MFA program at SNHU. She is also a member of the Author’s Guild and the National Writer’s Union.

She is 40 years old and a mother of 4. She is also a grandmother of three beautiful children and one angel baby. She is raising 2 kids with ADHD and a toddler with developmental delays/autism. She works as an advocate for domestic violence survivors and as a substitute teacher and librarian.

Her hobbies include reading, writing, playing games (Animal Crossing and The Sims 3 and 4), and watching cooking shows (Food Network, Hell’s Kitchen, Masterchef).