Deborah K. Frontiera grew up in Lake Linden, Michigan. She taught in Houston public schools from 1985 until 2008 and then worked part time for Houston's Writers In The Schools program (WITS) for six more years. In 2019, she and her husband moved back to the Copper Country, but they do head south for part of the winter each year. She has written for children and adults, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Three of her books have won awards. She is also the editor for the annual U.P. Reader, pro-duced by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA). Learn more about her on her website www.authorsden.com/deborahkfrontiera