To This Very Day... Children's Picture Books is a series of eight (and counting!) wonderfully enchanting children's picture books written by Dawn Williams, a mother of four adult children and a grandmother, an award-winning author, and founder of SunriseHouse Publishers. An imaginative story-teller, Williams also holds a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California (USC).
She is the only child of the late, famous musician/entertainer Ted Lewis, known by many as "The Jazz King," "The High-Hatted Tragedian of Song," and "The Medicine Man For Your Blues." With his trademark battered top hat, clarinet and twirling cane, Lewis was a major influence in the early days of jazz music and was renown for his famous question, "Is everybody happy?" Lewis died in 1971, at age 81.
In 2005, Williams wrote and published a book about her celebrated father in Me And My Father's Shadow: A Daughter's Quest And Biography Of Ted Lewis "The Jazz King" (SunriseHouse Publishers). The book recently won the Irwin Award as "Entertainment Book of the Year" by the Book Publicists Association of Southern California.
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A critically acclaimed author, Williams' forte' appears to be in writing children's books. Her tales spark wonder and excitement, while providing simple yet poignant lessons about life.
