Dixie Browning, née Burrus (September 9, 1930 – June 11, 2024) was an American artist and writer of over 100 romance novels.
She learned from a young age to enjoy the water and the outdoors, and to spend plenty of time lying down with a good book.
As she had recently begun reading romance novels, she attempted to recreate the pieces of the genre that appealed to her.
Browning co-founded and served as the first president of The Watercolor Society of North Carolina.
She was also a co-owner of Browning Artworks in Frisco, North Carolina, which featured her own work as well as that of her son and daughter-in-law.