YA author Debbie M. Rigaud began her writing career covering news and entertainment for magazines. She’s interviewed celebs, politicians, social figures and “real” girls. Her writing has appeared in Seventeen, CosmoGIRL!, Essence, J-14, Trace, Heart &Soul and VIBE VIXEN, to name a few. Her first YA fiction writing is published in the omnibus HALLWAY DIARIES/KimaniTru Press/September 2007. She currently lives in Bermuda.