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Deborah Prum

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Deborah Prum began her writing career at age seven. Perched atop a chrome kitchen chair, she pecked out children’s stories on her mother’s Royal typewriter. Every plot contained a similar theme. At the outset, some disaster (plane crash, rampant disease, ravaging insects) took the lives of parents and all other authority figures. The kids ate wild berries and skinned rabbits to make clothing. Without exception, by the end of each tale, the sturdy little survivors had created a utopia and lived blissfully ever after. Unfortunately, it did not occur to Deb’s parents to call a child psychologist.
Deb’s humorous essays air on NPR-member stations and appear in newspapers and magazines. Her fiction is published in many journals and anthologies. S ...more

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	Fatty in the Back Seat by Deborah M. Prum, Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Nightlight (Golden Light Anthologies, #2) by T.K. Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author), Delores Liesner (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Czars and Czarinas by Deborah M. Prum, Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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
	Spotlight (Golden Light Anthologies, #5) by T.K. Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Author), Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author), Sarah Meira Rosenberg it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
	Back Talking on The Mountain of God by Deborah M. Prum (Editor), Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	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
	First Kiss and Other Cautionary Tales liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 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
	Fatty in the Back Seat - excerpt from 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Entry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Spotlight: A Golden Light Anthology by Carmen Tudor (Goodreads Author), Deborah Prum (Goodreads Author), Tucker Cummings 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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 30th Anniversary Anthology of Blue Ridge Writers 1991-2021: Black and White Edition by Blue Ridge Writers 30th Anniversary Committee (Editor), Pat Alderman, Morgan Armstrong 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	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
	Skyline 2014 by Olivia Stowe (Goodreads Author), Phyllis Koch-Sheras, Jean Lancaster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 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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