Debra Di Blasi is an award-winning multi-genre writer and visual artist. She is author of ten books and hundreds of short works. Her writing has been adapted to film, radio, theatre, and audio CD in the US and abroad. As a former art critic, educator, and founding publisher of Jaded Ibis Productions and its imprint, Jaded Ibis Press, she became a noted speaker on the intersection of literature, publishing and technology and continues to write as an independent scholar on topics related to the aesthetics and meanings of narrative.​