About the author

With a background in news Deborah DeMoss Smith is an award-winning writer/producer of television documentaries, including a Cable Ace Award. Via her company Ravensview Productions, Inc. (in Native American lore the raven brought light into the world), she also writes TV newsmagazine stories, videos and for print.

Growing up in the Deep South, she acquired a love for storytelling, along with a B.A. in English and a Master's in Special Education.

After living in north Louisiana, Colorado, upstate New York and New Orleans, she, her husband and their daughter moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1989.

A jazz afficionado, Deborah programs and hosts a weekly 4-hour jazz show on a local public radio station; she also emcees area jazz concerts and events.

Deborah lives with her husband and their two cats, Casablanca Orion and Stargazer, in Portland, Oregon.