Debbie Young

Debbie Young is an English author of warm, witty fiction; gentle yet poignant memoirs; and helpful, friendly how-to books. She is best known as the author of wryly humorous collections of short stories such as Marry in Haste, Quick Change and Stocking Fillers, and also as a leading player in the Alliance of Independent Authors, of whose Author Advice Centre blog she is Commissioning Editor. Debbie Young lives with her Scottish husband and their daughter in the small English village of Hawkesbury Upton, on the edge of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. When school holidays permit, they jump in the family camper van in search of adventure and inspiration. Debbie Young is founder and director of the free Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, and is also in demand to speak at literary events far and wide. She is also an official speaker for the diabetes charity JDRF, her interest fuelled by the fact that both her husband and their daughter have Type 1 diabetes.