Debra Dean is the author of four critically acclaimed books that have been published in twenty-one languages. Her bestselling debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, was a New York Times Editorsâ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. Other honors include The Paterson Fiction Prize, a Florida Book Award, and the long-list for the Dublin Literary Award. She teaches the undergraduate courses Narrative Techniques and Writing Fiction, the MFA fiction workshops, and graduate courses in Point of View, Character, and Historical Fiction.
Debra Dean is the author of four critically acclaimed books that have been published in twenty-one languages. Her bestselling debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. Other honors include The Paterson Fiction Prize, a Florida Book Award, and the long-list for the Dublin Literary Award. She teaches the undergraduate courses Narrative Techniques and Writing Fiction, the MFA fiction workshops, and graduate courses in Point of View, Character, and Historical Fiction.
