About Me

My name is Deborah Dufel...

and I've lived a remarkable life. 

With my husband of 40 sum years, we've raised two children, rehabbed at least 4 houses, gave assistance to a landlord, and in the last decade or so, we've traveled. Lots and lots of travel, usually together. While I was an editor, I'd leave my feral teens and walk Hadrian's Wall or the highlands or the Battlefield of Waterloo. Along the way, I heard stories of others who were traveling and needed an ear. 

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Now I'm in my next adventure: writing books about the resilience of "common" women and men during WW2. Stories I've heard throughout our travels. 

Before we took to the world, I worked in marketing, presentations, proposals... essentially, getting things done. I was that mum who would do the presentations for city councils to get playgrounds built. For personal development, I joined the International Toastmasters. 

As a member of Romance Writer's of America, I presented the class: "Sexy Grammar Go Figure." It wasn't the normal lecture of grammar, not a comas, semicolons was discussed. The event was about word choices how a simple word change can enrich a book and its emotions. 

Life can be a challenge, and like many others, I've had mine. Due to a Lyme infection, I ended up in a wheelchair. I got out of it, but not before I learned to "bunny hop" and drive my children nuts that I could keep up with them at the Parish fair. They figured out a way to get mom to stop... have her hold your retainers and park you in the middle of the mid-way. 

Then our greatest adventure; moving to Mackay Australia. They were the best two years of our lives; we traveled, made amazing friends, and saw much of the world. We learned world history that we never knew, all around our 60th years. 

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It is my goal now to share the adventures and stories that I spend my lifetime curating, and inspire others to do the same. I'm a writer, but more than that, I'm a storyteller, story-curator, and story-enthusiast.