Ellen Emerson Brown has an MA in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA. Her thesis was on Family Lore. She taught Reading for twenty-five years and was a member of the International Dyslexia Association. After living in Andalucía, Spain she wrote a series of articles about the vibrant public processions of the Catholic Church. She reads a lot and keeps a list of the "100 Great Books" in her purse when she goes to the library. She lives in Louisiana with her husband and three cats.
