About
Debby Mayer is the author of a memoir, "Riptides & Solaces Unforeseen," and a novel, "Sisters." Her short stories have been published in The New Yorker and numerous literary magazines.
She is the recipient of two grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, one in fiction, for an excerpt from "Sisters," and one in creative nonfiction, for an excerpt from "Riptides."
She writes the blog 2becomes1: widowhood for the rest of us, at debbymayer.blogspot.com.
The former editorial director of the Publications Office at Bard College, she is a contributing editor for The Columbia Paper. After decades in New York—state and city—she now lives in San Diego.
Featured Work
Riptides & Solaces Unforeseen
Part mystery, part love story, part report from the medical front in the United States today, "Riptides" is a searing chronology of devastating illness, of being caught in the maw of hospitals, of unthinkable decision-making and small, unexpected solaces. Tightly written, fact-based, it is never maudlin, and it offers an element of hope without sentimentality.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- New York Foundation for the Arts: creative nonfiction, for "Therapy Dogs," an excerpt from "Riptides & Solaces Unforeseen"; fiction, for a short story, "The Secretary"
