About

DEBORAH J LEDFORD is the award-winning author of the Eva “Lightning Dance” Duran suspense thriller series, including REDEMPTION and HAVOC, set in Taos, New Mexico. Part Eastern Band Cherokee, she is an Agatha Award winner, The Hillerman Sky Award Finalist, and two-time Anthony Award Finalist for Best Audiobooks CRESCENDO and CAUSING CHAOS from her Smoky Mountain Inquest Series. Deborah is a member of: The Authors Guild, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime (SinC) International, and past-president of the SinC Desert Sleuths Chapter. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and awesome Ausky. DeborahJLedford.com

Other Works

Awards and Recognition

  • Anthony Award Finalist for CAUSING CHAOS in the Best Audio Book Category
  • Anthony Award Finalist for CRESCENDO in the Best Audio Book Category
  • Hillerman Sky Award Finalist for SNARE, Best Mystery Representing the Southwest
  • Agatha Award Winner - Contributing Author for “The Writing Life Series” Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey” in the Best Non-Fiction Category
  • New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards Finalist for SNARE in the Mystery/Suspense Category
  • 3-Time Nominee for the Pushcart Prize in the Short Story Category