more photos (1)

Deborah Smith’s Followers (417)

Deborah Smith

Born

The United States

Genre

Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy

edit data

aka Jackie Leigh
aka Della Stone
aka Leigh Bridger

Bestselling Author
Co-founder, co-publisher
Vice-president, Editor in Chief
BelleBooks, Memphis, TN

Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of A Place to Call Home, and the No. 1 Kindle Bestseller The Crossroads Cafe, A Gentle Rain and other acclaimed romantic novels portraying life and love in the modern Appalachian South. A native Georgian, Deborah is a former newspaper editor who turned to novel-writing with great success.

With more than 35 romance, women's fiction and fantasy novels to her credit, Deborah's books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Among her honors is a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine and a nomination for the prestigious Townsend L aka Jackie Leigh
aka Della Stone
aka Leigh Bridger

Bestselling Author
Co-founder, co-publisher
Vice-president, Editor in Chief
BelleBooks, Memphis, TN

Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of A Place to Call Home, and the No. 1 Kindle Bestseller The Crossroads Cafe, A Gentle Rain and other acclaimed romantic novels portraying life and love in the modern Appalachian South. A native Georgian, Deborah is a former newspaper editor who turned to novel-writing with great success.

With more than 35 romance, women's fiction and fantasy novels to her credit, Deborah's books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Among her honors is a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine and a nomination for the prestigious Townsend Literary Award. In 2003 Disney optioned Sweet Hush for film. In 2008 A Gentle Rain was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.

For the past fifteen years Deborah has partnered with Debra Dixon to run BelleBooks, a small press originally known for southern fiction, including the Mossy Creek Hometown Series and the Sweet Tea story collections. As editor, she has worked on projects as diverse as the nonfiction Bra Talk book by three-time Oprah Winfrey guest Susan Nethero, and the In My Dreams novella by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen.

In 2008 BelleBooks launched Bell Bridge Books, an imprint with a focus on fantasy novels and now expanded to include multi-genre fiction--mystery, suspense, thrillers, women's fiction, nonfiction and other. In 2013 BelleBooks acquired the late Linda Kichline's paranormal romance press, ImaJinn Books, and hired legendary editor Brenda Chin, formerly of Harlequin Books, as editorial director. Chin will expand the imprint to cover a diverse mix of all romance types.

Deborah's newest books are the Crossroads Cafe novellas: THE BISCUIT WITCH, THE PICKLE QUEEN, THE YARN SPINNER, and THE KITCHEN CHARMER (2014). She released a mini-short story, SAVING JONQUILS, in March 2014. A sexy romantic novella, A HARD MAN TO FIND, is scheduled for later in the month.

...more

92 posts
Deborah Smith's Blog: Excerpts, News, Pronotions and Giveaways

Deborah Smith isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Brochure for this weekend’s yard sale at Ridgeway Road, Dahlonega

yard sale brochure

Filed under: Uncategorized

Combine Editions
Deborah Smith’s books

Average rating: 3.9 · 25,731 ratings · 2,415 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Crossroads Cafe 3.86 avg rating — 4,839 ratings — published 2006 — 17 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
	A Place to Call Home 4.06 avg rating — 3,182 ratings — published 1997 — 20 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
	A Gentle Rain 4.04 avg rating — 2,225 ratings — published 2007 — 12 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
	Sweet Hush 3.97 avg rating — 1,687 ratings — published 2003 — 17 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
	On Bear Mountain 3.81 avg rating — 1,512 ratings — published 2001 — 40 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
	Mossy Creek (Mossy Creek, #1) by Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Donna Ball (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 2001 — 11 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 Stone Flower Garden 3.83 avg rating — 1,203 ratings — published 2002 — 17 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
	Alice at Heart (Waterlilies, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 1,137 ratings — published 2001 — 14 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
	Blue Willow: A Novel 4.15 avg rating — 908 ratings — published 1993 — 8 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
	When Venus Fell: A Novel 3.97 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 1998 — 10 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

More books by Deborah Smith…

Series by Deborah Smith

The Crossroads Café Universe (7 books)
by

Deborah Smith

3.86 avg rating — 6,199 ratings

Mossy Creek (9 books)
by

Deborah Smith,

Sandra Chastain,

Debra Dixon (Goodreads Author),

Martha Crockett,

Sabrina Jeffries (Goodreads Author),

Carmen Green,

Susan Goggins,

Maureen Hardegree (Goodreads Author)

3.95 avg rating — 2,780 ratings

The MacBrides (4 books)
by

Deborah Smith

3.85 avg rating — 1,360 ratings

Waterlilies (2 books)
by

Deborah Smith

3.58 avg rating — 1,322 ratings

Sweet Tea (4 books)
by

Deborah Smith,

Debra Dixon (Goodreads Author),

Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)

3.71 avg rating — 1,008 ratings

More series by Deborah Smith…

Quotes by Deborah Smith (?)

“Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.”
― Deborah Smith, Alice at Heart

tags: believe, wish

49 likes

“The hardest memories are the pieces of what might have been.”
― Deborah Smith

tags: a-place-to-call-home

34 likes

“There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you’re free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.”
― Deborah Smith, The Crossroads Cafe

34 likes

See all Deborah Smith's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Challenge: 50 Books: < Jess' 50 Books Challenge >	76	428	Feb 22, 2009 01:40PM
Romance Readers R...: It's Just a Game Challenge (Quarterly)	523	673	Sep 28, 2010 08:01PM
Dangerous Hero Ad...: Dangerous Heroes Spell It Out Challenge	365	308	Nov 01, 2010 06:44AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Deborah to Goodreads.

Deborah Smith’s Followers (417)

Deborah Smith

92 postsDeborah Smith's Blog: Excerpts, News, Pronotions and Giveaways

Brochure for this weekend’s yard sale at Ridgeway Road, Dahlonega

Combine EditionsDeborah Smith’s books

Series by Deborah Smith

Topics Mentioning This Author

92 posts
Deborah Smith's Blog: Excerpts, News, Pronotions and Giveaways

Combine Editions
Deborah Smith’s books