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Deb Spera

Biography

Deb Spera

Deborah Spera is a two-time nominee and finalist for the Kirkwood literary prize, as well as The Montana Prize in Fiction. She has been published in Sixfold, The Wascana Review, Pennsylvania English and L.A. Yoga Journal. She’s the co-author of a play produced by Actors Theater Of Louisville, and has held residency at Hedgebrook, a writer’s retreat for women.

Born and raised in Kentucky, she now resides in Los Angeles, where she owns her own television company, One-Two Punch Productions. She has executive produced "Criminal Minds," "Army Wives" and "Reaper."

CALL YOUR DAUGHTER HOME is her first novel.

Deb Spera

Books by Deb Spera

by Deb Spera - Fiction, Historical Fiction

It’s 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina, and three women have come to a crossroads. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters. Retta, a first-generation freed slave, comes to Gertrude’s aid by watching her children, despite the gossip it causes in her community. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle, while facing problems of her own at home. These three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to injustices that have long plagued the small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together.