writes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for young readers of all ages. Before becoming a children’s book author, she was a lawyer and a newspaper editor. An article Debbie wrote for the Washington Post about how her mother, Jutta Salzberg, fled Nazi Germany led to a reunion between Jutta and six of her former classmates from the Jewish School for Girls in Hamburg, Germany. Several brought their poesiealbums to share. Debbie wrote The Year of Goodbyes in consultation with her mother to reflect Jutta’s voice, feelings, and thoughts as a girl living through her last year in a community in turmoil. Debbie lives in Maryland with her family, and besides reading and writing, she loves to kayak, go fishing, swim, dig in the garden, tramp around the woods with her dog, and watch her cat sleep. For more information, please visit www.debbielevybooks.com.