Doug Brown is a self published Author, Television Program Director, Independent Film Producer, videographer and video editor. Doug currently works in the Peekskill City School District where he started as a substitute teacher. He also worked as a teaching assistant to elementary age students and has served as a recreation counselor to five and six-year-old children. In 2009 Doug produced a short film entitled, “It Couldn’t Be Me”, targeted toward teens. He enjoys working with children and loves inspiring them to live their dreams. He has a love for children’s books and wrote his graduate thesis on the Portrayal of African-American Males in Children’s books. Doug Brown holds a B S. degree in Sociology /Communications from SUNY at Old Westbury and a diploma in Video Production from NYU.

Doug is currently working on writing and self publishing his second children’s book. His favorite children’s books are Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak, Brother Billy Bronto’s Bygone Blues band by David Francis Birchman, Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Suess, and the Curious George book series by Margaret & H.A. Rey’s.