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Debby Waldman

Author

11542-77 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 0M1
Phone: 780 439-3702
Email: debbyw@shaw.ca
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Born: November 22, 1960. Utica, New York
Family: Married to David Wishart, mother to Elizabeth (b. Jan. 16, 1996) and Noah (b. Dec. 4, 1997)

Biography

A journalist, book reviewer, and humorist, Debby Waldman calls herself a jack-of-all trades writer. Her articles and reviews have appeared in a variety of publications including People, Parents, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Publishers Weekly, American Baby, Chatelaine, and The Washington Post. She writes a bi-weekly family column for The Edmonton Journal.

Debby is married and has two children. Her 10-year-old daughter, who is hard-of-hearing, inspired her to co-write "Your Child’s Hearing Loss: What Parents Need to Know," with audiology professor Dr. Jackson Roush.

Debby has a journalism degree from Syracuse University and an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University. She is available for readings and to conduct writing workshops with students of all ages.

She has taught journalism, composition, creative writing, and magazine writing at Cornell University, Ithaca College, St. Lawrence University, and Grant MacEwan Community College. For the past five years she has taught Judaism and ethics to grade three and four students at her synagogue’s Hebrew school.

Debby lives in Edmonton, AB. When not working on one of her many writing projects, she enjoys reading, cycling, baking, attempting to make nutritionally balanced meals for her family, and ferrying her children to music lessons and sports activities.

Published Works

A Sack Full of Feathers, Orca 2006
Big Enough Dreams (contributor), Learning Community Press, 2006
Your Child's Hearing Loss (co-author), Perigee, 2005
WOW: World's Outstanding Women Athletes, Sports Illustrated for Kids Books, 1998

Awards

1995: Canada Council Explorations Grant

Other Memberships

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Young Alberta Book Society

Available For

Readings, presentations, writing workshops