Debbie Reed Fischer

Debbie Reed Fischer began her writing career in kindergarten, where she excelled at upper case letters and staying within the lines. Her father was in the Air Force, so she and her two brothers had an unusual childhood, moving every couple of years and growing up all over the world. Books were her friends when she didn’t know anyone in a new school. They made her laugh, cry, and stay up late reading under the covers with a flashlight. Most importantly, they inspired her dream of becoming an author.		Debbie as trend setter, premiering the urban cowgirl look. Also premiering the waist-under-the-armpits look.
Debbie spent many of her middle and high school years in Athens, Greece. This was her house. OK, well, maybe the view from her house. With binoculars.

Third grade play, The Frog Prince. Debbie didn’t get the coveted princess role, but was instead cast in the sidekick role of the wisecracking woodchuck.		In high school, Debbie spent a lot of time in math class writing stories, songs, and long notes to her friends, which explains why she can never figure out the check in restaurants. Since she was often the new kid, it wasn’t always easy making friends, so she got involved in lots of activities. She sang in shows, wrote for her school newspaper, cheered for the school teams, and spoke fluent valley girl (a popular 80’s dialect that was totally rad). She had crushes on boys who didn’t know she existed, a few fleeting romances, and a horrendous prom. Through it all, she kept journals about everything, hoping that some day she’d use them to write novels about teen life.
		Debbie in high school, probably daydreaming.

Debbie continued writing at the University of Miami, was crowned Miss UM her senior year, and graduated with a Bachelors degree in screenwriting. During college, she wrote and directed student films and hosted a local cable talk show for teens. She was also the proud recipient of the Fruit of the Loom award, based on an essay she wrote for the Miss Florida Pageant. Sadly, she didn’t win a lifetime supply of underwear – or the state crown – but did win a cash prize for her essay.

After graduation, she had planned to write scripts for films and TV shows, but as fate would have it, fell into the business side of the film industry, booking models in movies, commercials, music videos, and magazines. There, on South Beach, she saw both the bizarre and glamorous sides of the modeling industry. Being a model booker gave her plenty of comedy and drama to inspire her writing. Before long, she got the idea for Braless in Wonderland.

After many years, Debbie left the modeling world, married her college sweetheart, and became an English teacher, receiving her school’s Teacher of the Year award her rookie year. Although she loved teaching middle and high school students, she left teaching after five years to focus on raising her two young children, and to finally get serious about her goal of becoming an author of teen novels. From that point on, she attended writing conferences, workshops, read every young adult book she could get her hands on, and put in lots of writing time. Best of all, she found a really supportive group of writer friends and a wonderful mentor.

Now Debbie gets to do what she’s always dreamed of doing, and she couldn’t be more grateful. When she isn’t writing novels, she is at the beach, playing with her kids, running, reading, e-mailing and watching indie films or just about anything on TV. She has lived in the US, England, Greece, and Israel, and now lives in South Florida with her supportive husband and two terrific sons, who often eat take-out when Debbie is under deadline.	Debbie’s first response from a publisher. Her query to them read: “I would like to become an author. How do I go about it?” She was ten years old.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DEBBIE, visit her MySpace page at myspace.com/debbiereedfischer or her blog at debbierfischer.livejournal.com Thanks for stopping by her site. Enjoy her books!