The author chose the pen name Cygnet Brown because her maiden name is "Swanson" (a cygnet is a baby swan) and Brown is her married name. She grew up in Northwestern Pennsylvania and began writing stories in Mrs. Watson’s seventh grade English class. From that time on she wanted to become a professional writer, but life got in the way. She is a veteran of the US Armed Forces. She served on active duty Navy from 1981-1987 as a Neuropsychiatric Technician then in the reserves until 1999. She married, became a mother to three children, stepmother to another, and became a nurse. She resumed writing in October 2008 when she fell in love with her characters all over again. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Argosy University in 2014.
Cygnet Brown currently lives in the Missouri Ozarks. She loves to write on her family's houseboat and research history. She never knows when she'll uncover a historical tidbit that sparks another story in The Locket Saga. When God Turned His Head was the first book in her historical romance series The Locket Saga written in 2010. Other books in the Locket Saga include: Soldiers Don't Cry, The Locket Saga Continues, Book III of the Locket Saga: A Coward's Solace, Book IV: Sailing Under the Black Flag, and most recently, Book V: In the Shadow of the Mill Pond. In 2013 she published her first nonfiction book Simply Vegetable Gardening based on her 40 years of gardening experience. She has also written Help from Kelp, Using Diatomaceous Earth around the house and yard, Living Today, The Power of Now, and just released Write a Book and Ignite Your Business. See updates at her Website: http://www.cygnetbrow.com
Ms. Brown is the owner of Jerjoboch Publications. She has written for Mother Earth News magazine and online article sites.
Ms. Brown is a public school teacher and also the author of the blog: How My Spirit Sings. https://1authorcygnetbrown.wordpress.com/
