The New Yorker
Brown’s research into the later years of Tennessee Williams was referenced in the June 12, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.
A Life in Biography Podcast
Carl Rollyson interviewed Brown about her work on a new Tennessee William biography. Available on Audacity.
Biographers International
In May 2023, Brown moderated a roundtable conversation entitled “Permissions, Fair Use, and Other Legal Issues” at the Biographers International Conference.
The Dramatists Guild
In October 2022, Brown was a speaker at the Dramatist Guild’s National Estate Planning Week program. Her talk was entitled “Everything You Need to Know About Literary Executors.”
The Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet blog features Brown’s “fascinating” profile of poet Ellen Bass.
Virginia Professional Communicators
In the VPC Communications Contest, Brown won First Place in the Feature Story division and Honorable Mention in the Editorial/Opinion division.
Vanity Fair
Brown’s response to “It’s Tartt—but Is It Art?” appeared in Vanity Fair magazine.
Poetry Society of Virginia
Brown's poem "Portal" earned an Honorable Mention in the Poetry Society of Virginia Contest.
Foreword "IndieFab" Book of the Year Awards
A Bestseller's Odyssey earned the Bronze Award in the History Book of the Year category.
Southern Indie Booksellers Long List
A Bestseller's Odyssey was nominated for the non-fiction book award by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.
USA Today Coverage of Gone With the Wind Anniversary
USA Today quoted Brown in a story about the 75th anniversary of GWTW's publication.
Virginia Press Women Communications Contest
Brown won three awards in the 2011 VPW Communications Contest: two first places (specialty articles, web content for special interest sites) and one second (magazine feature story).
New York Times and ABC News on Discovery of Missing Manuscript
The New York Times and ABC News cover Brown’s involvement in the discovery of original manuscript pages of the final chapter of Gone With the Wind. Long thought to have been destroyed, the pages turned up at the Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut.
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly editor Dick Donahue selected A Bestseller's Odyssey as one of ten highlighted spring releases in the field of performing arts.