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Deborah Barrett is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, a lover of nature, and an amateur photographer.

As a professor in the practice at Rice University in Houston, she teaches creative writing and literature. She has a PhD in English from Rice and a BA and MA in English from the University of Houston.  She has published scholarly articles on literature, communication, and leadership, and a textbook, Leadership Communication (McGraw-Hill). 

Currently, Deborah is working on publishing her novel and is participating in the Colossus Circle of Women Poets. 

She publishes most of her creative nonfiction essays as Deborah Burch-Lavis.

     Recent Awards

• John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award, GLS Program, Rice University, 2019
• Accepted as Contributor to Bread Loaf Writers Conference for poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction

     Selected Publications

• The Desert Speaks to the Dreamer, Poetry Chapbook, Finishing Line Press, 2019. 
• "Max's Story," Historic Heights Living Magazine, 2018
• "The Waiting Room," Harmony: Humanities Magazine from the Program in Medical Humanities, 2016
• "Am I my Sister's Daughter," Siblings, Muse Write Press, 2015
• "The Last Christmas," Shifts, Wising Up Press, 2014, USA Best Book Awards Finalist.

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