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Deborah Derrickson Kossmann’s essays, feature articles and poetry have been published in The New York Times, Bellevue Literary Review, PSYCHE, Nashville Review, Psychotherapy Networker and Solstice Magazine to name a few. LOST FOUND KEPT was the winner of the inaugural 2023 Aurora Polaris Prize in Creative Nonfiction from Trio House Press. It was published in January 2025 and BookPages named it one of the "Best Memoirs" of 2025. The audiobook (with Deb narrating) came out in December 2025. Deb was the winner of the Short Memoir Competition at Philadelphia First Person Arts Festival and was awarded a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship. When not working as a clinical psychologist in private practice outside Philadelphia, PA, s ...more

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