Deborah Clearman

Deborah Clearman was born in North Carolina and grew up on a tobacco farm in Southern Maryland. She studied art history and fine arts at Bryn Mawr College and pursued a career in painting. Represented by First Street Gallery in New York City, her paintings and prints have been widely exhibited in galleries and museums. She wrote and illustrated The Goose's Tale (Whispering Coyote Press) for children, leading her to change focus from painting to writing fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Connecticut Review, Ginger Hill, Oasis, Quality Women's Fiction, and other journals. Todos Santos is her first novel. Deborah is Program Director for NY Writers Coalition, a nonprofit organization that gives voice to formerly unheard members of society through the art of writing. A mother of two grown children, she lives in New York City and Guatemala.