Debbie Richard is listed in the Directory of Poets & Writers as both a poet and creative nonfiction writer. Her poem, RAPUNZEL, was shortlisted for Best Poem in Adelaide Literary Award for Poetry, 2018. Her poems have appeared in Torrid Literature Journal, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, WestWard Quarterly, Halcyon Days, and others. “Resiliency,” a chapbook of poetry, was published in 2012 by Finishing Line Press. “Hills of Home,” a memoir about growing up in Appalachia, was released in 2014 by eLectio Publishing (Audiobook of Hills of Home was released by Sweetsong Productions in October 2018 and is available on Audible.com), “PIVOT,” an illustrated book of poetry was published in January 2019 by Adelaide Books of New York, CROSSWINDS, her newest volume of poetry was released by Finishing Line Press in November 2021. Debbie Richard is a native of West Virginia. Born in Parkersburg, she spent her early childhood in the rural community of Munday in Wirt County, and lived near Walton in Roane County during her high school years. Debbie studied Secretarial Science at West Virginia Career College in Charleston where she completed her courses in 1987 with honors. She moved to the South as an adult, following her love of the ocean. She moved back to her home state of West Virginia in 2015. Debbie is a member of South Carolina Writers Association and West Virginia Writers, Inc. Praise for PIVOT: “Debbie Richard, in her poems, poignantly observes the values and needs, the pains and joys, in the human and natural worlds. She meshes all with the spiritual, her appreciation showered with grace, honesty, and love, and, finally, acceptance of what she cannot change. I love her poems.” ~DAVID SELBY, renown actor and author of Promises of Love and My Mother's Autumn Praise for Hills of Home: "I think the book is a valuable detailed and most honest documentation of a part of Appalachia that has not been celebrated so well until now." \—Earl Hamner, Jr., bestselling author of Spencer's Mountain and creator of the beloved The Waltons television series