Deborah was always destined to become a writer.

She grew up climbing trees, wading through rivers, riding horses, running through countryside with a cat or dog in tow, lying in tall grass making up rhymes, and surrounded by the quiet voices of the natural world around her. She would listen to their secrets and stories, and walk between two worlds: the world we think of as reality, and the supernatural world that is only a breath away. And when she wasn’t out in nature, she was curled up with a book.

She has been a drummer, a songwriter and poet, a singer, a teen’s librarian, a teacher, and a mother.

Deborah teaches eight and nine-year-olds in a Waldorf School, finding time to write around the edges of a busy life as a teacher, while sharing her love of stories, words and rhythm with her class.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature studying Russian and English Classics, a Certificate in Children’s Literature, a Graduate Diploma in Teaching, and a Certificate in Rudolf Steiner Education. Born in Tauranga; she returned there over 20 years ago and just can’t seem to leave.

She has a grown-up daughter (who is a midwife and also owns and runs her own matcha cafe), and lives with a cicada-hunting cat and a polite but persistent guinea pig who is constantly reminding her it’s time to eat – again.