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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 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 — 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
	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
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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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