Jill Conner Browne

Jill Conner Browne is the New York Times bestselling author of nine Sweet Potato Queens books, which are being developed into a Broadway musical with Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester, Oscar nominee and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Sharon Vaughn, and Tony Award-winning playwright Rupert Holmes. She has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, People, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. Her books have inspired more than 6,200 Sweet Potato Queen Wannabe Chapter Groups in twenty-two countries. When she is not writing, hosting Jackson, Mississippi's Annual Zippity Doo Dah Parade Weekend Festivities benefiting Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, or speaking at fundraising events around the country, Jill lives and reigns in Jackson with her three cats, a three-legged girl dog, a big boy dog, her daughter's rescued mutt, and her husband. And no, he's not the Sweet Potato King.