ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marian Tally Simmons Brown is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina. She graduated from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. For twenty years, she was a professor of fine arts at Florida State College at Jacksonville. In 1992, she made the conscious decision to return to her family home and become a caregiver for both of her parents. This role led to two publications: Grandma Has Alzheimer’s but It’s OK and Alzheimer’s Caregiver—a Daughter’s Story. Dr. Brown continues living in her family home, accompanied by her daughter and two fur babies: Trooper, a Pekingese, and Riply, a rescued Labrador mix.