Deborah Riley-Magnus

About Me

I have a twenty-seven year professional background in marketing, advertising and public relations as a writer for print, television and radio. I'm a voracious writer, producing several pieces weekly for various websites and collaborating with other writers to polish my skills. I belong to several writing and critique groups and work constantly on novels of various genres. My primary interest stems from a deep rooted curiosity about spirituality and the hereafter and as such; it is an underlying theme for many of my works.

I've lived on both the east and west coast of the United States and traveled the country widely for work, play and spiritual studies. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I currently live and write in Los Angeles, California.

Why do you write?

My creativity is spurred by the sublime elements of life. The sublimely beautiful or painful, the sublimely stupid or odd and the sublimely ridiculous way humans choose to deal with their existence. Now if that’s not fodder for a writer, what is?

Any favorite authors? Books?

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Keeping Faith, Jodi Picoult
Second Glance, Jodi Picoult
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen