Debra Kaufman is the author of Delicate Thefts and The Next Moment (both by Jacar) and A Certain Light (Emrys), as well as three chapbooks and many plays. She is currently producing Illuminated Dresses, a series of monologues, and is a co-recipient of a 2018 Regional North Carolina Artist Grant. A Midwest native, she has lived in North Carolina for thirty years and serves as an editor for the online journal One and on the Paul Green Foundation's board of trustees. Debrakaufman.info