Berthe Amoss was born in New Orleans and attended Newcomb College and Tulane University where she holds a Master’s degree in English and Art. From 1982 until 1994, she taught Children’s Literature at Tulane and wrote a column, Reading, Writing, and Children, for The Times-Picaune, New Orleans’ only daily newspaper.

Berthe is the author/illustrator of more than twenty-four picture books, four YA novels, and three how-to books with Eric Suben, former editor-in-chief of Golden Books. Berthe conducts Two Perspectives workshops on Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books for Publication.

Berthe was product developer for More Than A Card, Inc and Cocodrie Press from 1990 - 2000. She is now president of Cocodrie Press and designs Advent calendars for the National Gallery of Art. She has also designed calendars for The National Cathedral, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum, and The Art Institute of Chicago, as well as greeting cards for corporations.

From 2001 to 2003, Berthe returned to Tulane as the first recipient of a Newcomb College Authors Fellowship. During this time, she taught children’s literature in the English Department and expanded Tulane’s children’s literature program, Trial Balloons. In Tulane’s Howard Tilton Memorial Library there is a collection called the Amoss Collection of Children’s Literature.

Berthe is currently working on K is for Keep, Stories of a New Orleans Family, 1891-2006.

Berthe is married to James Amoss, former CEO of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. and now president of Marine Logistics and Sea Point. They have six sons and have lived in Hawaii, Germany, and Belgium. They now live in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Their house in Pass Christian was destroyed by hurricane Katrina and is being rebuilt.