Deborah Gaal abandoned a love of theatre to take over the family flooring business and ended up running a wholly-owned subsidiary for E.I. Dupont de Nemours (DuPont). After leaving Dupont she coached entrepreneurs and corporate exes in addition to creating and guiding leadership seminars for women. Finally, she returned to her dream of living a creative life by writing. The Dream Stitcher was selected as a finalist of the 2018 National Jewish Book Awards in Debut Fiction and won the 2019 IndieReader Discovery Award for literary fiction.. Deborah is also a repeat recipient of the San Diego State University Writer's Conference "Editor's Choice Award." In addition to two full-length works of fiction, her short story "Weekend at the Pere Marquette," appeared in Creative Writing Demystified by Sheila Bender (McGraw-Hill) as well as in the online writing magazine Writingitreal. She has raised four children and resides in Southern California with her husband, an exuberant Chocolate Lab, and two feral cats. When she is mot writing, you can find her on the lawn bowling green.