J. Brittany DeVarso

J. Brittany DeVarso graduated cum laude from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received a Bachelor of English and a Music Minor in 1992. She studied British Literature in the summer of 1990 at Trinity College, Oxford University. After college, Brittany attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University Divinity School where she earned a Master of Theological Studies in 1994.Since that time, Brittany has pursued a variety of creative endeavors over the years including songwriting and vocal jazz performance. In addition to writing songs, Brittany has written poetry, short stories and novels. Max’s Manual for Good Manners is her first children’s book. It is accompanied by a soundtrack featuring a song she wrote called, ‘Max’s Manners.’