Amy K. Brown uses her experience as an elementary teacher, reading specialist, and educational consultant to make complex text and vocabulary fun and interesting for children. Ulysses Featherton: A Head of Class is an engaging blend of academic vocabulary, humor, and a storyline that is both easily readable and relatable.

Brown has worked in a variety of public and private schools, as well as for the Rhode Island Department of Education and the nonprofit Highlander Institute. Her first Ulysses Featherton fans were her two young boys. She lives with her family in Norfolk, Virginia.