Deborah LeBlanc is an American
horror author. LeBlanc was born in
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette (, ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth largest incorporated municipality by population and the 234th- ...
, the oldest of three children. She grew up in
Scott, a small town west of Lafayette, where she learned to love reading and writing at an early age. LeBlanc is an active member of several writers groups and has won numerous awards from her colleagues and national writing associations. LeBlanc served as president of the
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark fantasy writers.
Overview
HWA was formed in 1985 with t ...
from 2006 to 2010.
LeBlanc has served as a sales representative for an oil company, an executive vice-president for a transportation company, and has created two corporations of her own, one involving fuel, the other management consultation for
funeral
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect th ...
service. LeBlanc lives in
Cajun
The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
While Cajuns are usually described as ...
south-central Louisiana with her three daughters.
Bibliography
*''Family Inheritance'' (
Leisure Books
Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
, 2004)
*''Grave Intent'' (
Leisure Books
Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
, 2005)
*''A House Divided'' (
Leisure Books
Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...
, 2006)
* ''Morbid Curiosity'' (Leisure Books) (2007)
*''Water Witch'' (Leisure Books, 2008)
See also
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List of horror fiction writers
This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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External links
Deborah LeBlanc's Official Website*
;Interviews
Eye on Books
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21st-century American novelists
American horror writers
American women novelists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Novelists from Louisiana
Women horror writers
21st-century American women writers