Debbie received her first library card at the tender age of six and still remembers walking out as if she’d just been handed one of Willy Wonka’s golden tickets. After that, it was rare not to find Debbie enwrapped in a book. It was only a matter of time before the stories that played in her head found their way to the page.
Born in Miami, Debbie grew up in Guatemala and is fluent in English, Spanish and Hebrew. She currently resides with her husband and her two fabulously trilingual and adorable girls in South Florida.
Her debut novel, Colliding Skies, received 1st place in the Society for Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Florida Rising Kite 2016 Award. When she is not writing, working, or performing some feat of mommy magic, Debbie can be found reading, binge watching Netflix, running, or fangirling Muse.​​

Random Facts

• I need music to write. I always have music on while working. My musical tastes vary from alternative rock to Latin music.
• Coffee is my life source. Don’t talk to me before I’ve had my second cup.
• My best scenes come to me while I’m either running or driving.
• I lived in three countries before the age of twenty.
• I often mix three languages in the same sentence when speaking to my family.
• I don’t know in which language I dream in. I think it varies.
• If I had to choose a last meal it would be roasted chicken, white rice, black beans, and a Diet Coke.
• Chocolate cake or cheesecake? The answer is always chocolate.
• I hate clutter. “Stuff” drives me crazy. Except when it comes to books. That’s not clutter. That’s an art collection of words and beautiful covers.
• I often binge watch Netflix and call it “author research”.

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