Her family’s final move brought her to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she went on to study for and earn her B.S. in Psychology at Xavier University of Louisiana. Immediately after graduation, Brownlee began work as a Teacher’s Assistant while also pursuing a teaching certification from The University of Holy Cross. Juggling both school and work as a full-time teacher’s assistant was a little hectic for her, but she still managed to squeeze in some time to read and work on a YA novel idea that she’d thought up while rereading Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (one of her favorite classics). That idea eventually became Wrong in All the Right Ways, her newly released debut novel.
Brownlee currently works as a middle school English teacher in New Orleans.
Here she dreamcasts an adaptation of Wrong in All the Right Ways:
When I wrote Wrong in All the Right Ways, I didn’t have any specific actors or actresses in mind. It wasn’t until I turned in the final edits for this novel that my friends got me to think about who the dream cast would be in a film adaptation. I’ve probably given this casting way more thought than I should have, but here goes:Visit Tiffany Brownlee's website.
Emma Ellenburg: Sabrina Carpenter
Dylan McAndrews: Nick Robinson
Karmin Ortega: Victoria Justice
Keagan Ortega: Jake T. Austin
Lauren Ellenburg: Kristen Bell
Daniel Ellenburg: Scott Eastwood
Matthew Ellenburg: Zackary Arthur
This is definitely what I call a dream cast! And if Wrong in All the Right Ways ever gets made into a movie and one of these stars lands the role I chose for them, I’m going to fangirl like crazy.
--Marshal Zeringue