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NOTE: There are TWO of us authors here named Debbie Burke. She's a thriller writer and I write about jazz. We've had a lot of fun with this and have interviewed one another on our blogs.

Anyway! I am an award-winner author of Death by Saxophone, Icarus Flies Home, Tasty Jazz Jams for Our Times[TM] Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, Glissando – A Story of Love, Lust and Jazz, The Poconos in B Flat, Music in the Scriptures, Klezmer for the Joyful Soul and The Author's Little Red Guide to Editing, as well as a biography of my father, the mid-century painter, screenwriter and novelist Irving Schiffer with Knowing Irv: The Life and Art of Irving Schiffer.

I write about jazz because I love it. I play alto sax and am an avid jazz blogger (debbieburkeauthor ...more

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	Death by Saxophone (The Jazz After Midnight Series) 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Author's Little Red Guide to Editing 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glissando 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Icarus Flies Home 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Knowing Irv: The Life and Art of Irving Schiffer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poconos in B Flat: The Incredible Jazz Legacy of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Meteor Symphony: Stories and Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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After I launch a new release–the latest being The Way the Light, Vol. 2: TRAINS & TRANSPORTATION–there is always a stew of emotions, from relief and a sense of pride and accomplishment and excitement to the inevitable “What now?” The answer to that question is always “Work on the next book.”

Thank goodness for the series, where as an author you have already put down the foundation, a template. Futu

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