Debbie Merion is the founder of Essay Coaching (essaycoaching.com), where she coaches student and adult writers. She is the author of Solving the College Admissions Puzzle and is an ebook editor at Solstice Literary Magazine. Her work has appeared in the Barnes and Noble Review, Solstice, The Bear River Review, Hour Detroit, the Ann Arbor Observer, and Choice Magazine. She has received a Gold Medal in the Global Ebook Awards, an Excellence in Journalism Award from the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists, and was apparently a genius for ten minutes, in a story called “Mom’s a Genius” that aired on WXYZ (Detroit ABC-TV).

Debbie looks for the fun in life in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and beyond. You can read more about her at essaycoaching.com, debbiemerion.com, and on LinkedIn.