DEBORAH DAVIS

Dates at Hedgebrook
November 2003, (Willow Cottage) 

Genres
Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry

Selected Publications and Productions

• You Look Too Young to be a Mom: Teen Mothers Speak Out on Love, Learning and Success. Perigree (2004)
• My Brother Has AIDS. Atheneum (1994)
• The Secret of the Seal. Crown (1989)

Honors, Awards and Acknowledgements

• Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library (2005, 1995)
• Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for Social Studies (1995, 1990).
• Maine Student Book Award, Maine Library Association (1990-1991)
• IRA Teacher's Choice, International Reading: Association (1990)
• Best Children's Book of the Year, Bank Street (1990)

Short Bio
Deborah Davis is the author of two award-winning novels for young people and the editor of a teen mother anthology, You Look Too Young to be a Mom. A skilled and compassionate writing instructor, Deborah specializes in building confidence in hesitant writers of all ages. Deborah lives in Berkeley, CA, with her husband and son, where she is finishing a young adult novel for Clarion (due out 2007) and working on another YA novel about an ambitious high school junior whose parents pull her off her carefully planned pre-med track to spend a life-changing year in India.

Contact Information
ddavis@duwamish.net