Camilla Downs (pronounced like Pamela, but with a “C”), was born in Witchita, Kansas and raised in Mississippi and Louisiana. Named after Camilla Sparv, a Swedish actress well known in the 1960’s and 70’s, she is the great great granddaughter of a full blooded Chickasaw Indian and an Irish immigrant.

Downs relocated to Nevada after working for 10 years as a paralegal in Washington State. She is mother to two children, Thomas and Lillian. They call themselves Team TLC to correspond with the first letters of each of their names and share their journey on The Team TLC website (http://www.TheTeamTLC.com). Lillian has a chromosome abnormality simply called 18p-. This means she is missing the short arm of chromosome #18.

Her first memoir, “D iz for Different – One Woman’s Journey to Acceptance“, touches on Downs’ nearly ten year marriage, becoming parent to one with special needs, and ultimately becoming a single parent to both kids when Thomas was one year old.

She began writing the book in June 2011 and the book was published in less than a year in May 2012. “D iz for Different” went on to become a best-selling book on Amazon in the categories of special needs parenting and self-help.

In October 2016, her son’s book, “Biggest Little Photographer“ was published. At 8 years old, Thomas took on a 365 photo a day project. Every day for one year he took a photo of a minifigure photographer taking a photo. The book contains about half of the photographs along with handpicked quotes by Thomas and Camilla.

In January of 2018 Lillian’s debut book, titled “Where Would You Fly and Other Magical Stories” was published. This is a beautiful book of Lillian’s writings from age 4 to 15 years old. The book also includes Lillian’s artwork and a few of Camilla’s nature photographs.

Downs is a walker. She is out for walks anywhere from three to six days a week. Nature is partly the inspiration for her writings and poetry. The other part is a desire to process her life experiences; to give them an outlet through writing. In addition to walking, she meditates six mornings week, loves to read, and enjoys eating delicious vegan eats.