Debra Lynn Dean (born 1957) is an American writer, best known for her 2006 novel, ''

The Madonnas of Leningrad ''The Madonnas of Leningrad'', Debra Dean, Debra Dean's first novel, tells the story of Marina, a docent at the Hermitage Museum, State Hermitage Museum during the 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Marina's clear and detailed recollections of the Hermit ...

''.

Life

Dean was born and brought up in Seattle and studied English and Drama at Whitman College, graduating in 1980. She then trained as an actress in New York City, where she married another actor, and worked mostly in theatre until returning to the Pacific Northwest to study for a

Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...

at the University of Oregon. She now teaches creative writing at Florida International University, where she is an associate professor of English.

Works

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'' (New York: William Morrow, 2006, , ) *'' Confessions of a Falling Woman'' (New York: HarperCollins, 2008, , ) *''

The Mirrored World ''The Mirrored World'' is a 2012 novel by Debra Dean that presets a fictionalized account of Xenia of Saint Petersburg. Reception In a review for ''The Seattle Times,'' Wingate Packard wrote "In her excellent second novel, "The Mirrored World," D ...

'' (New York: Harper Perennial, 2013, , ) *'' Hidden Tapestry: Jan Yoors, His Two Wives, and the War That Made Them One'' (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2018, , )

References

External links

*http://therumpus.net/2014/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-debra-dean/ *http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/hidden-tapestry *http://theweek.com/articles/443353/susan-vreelands-6-favorite-books-that-blend-fiction-art-history {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Debra Living people 1957 births American women novelists American historical novelists Writers from Seattle Whitman College alumni Writers from Miami 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Washington (state) Novelists from Florida University of Oregon alumni Florida International University faculty American women academics