Debbie Burke is an award-winning author of twelve books, including the jazz novels Death by Saxophone, Icarus Flies Home, and Glissando: A Story of Love, Lust and Jazz, and the nonfiction interview series Tasty Jazz Jams for Our Times(R) (Vols. 1-3). Other nonfiction titles include The Poconos in B Flat, Klezmer for the Joyful Soul, The Author's Little Red Guide to Editing, Music in the Scriptures, and Knowing Irv: The Life and Art of Irving Schiffer. Her short story anthology and poetry book, The Meteor Symphony, is a fiction and nonfiction hybrid.

Why jazz as a subject? Her love affair with jazz began when she first learned the alto saxophone at the New School for Social Research in NYC in the late 1980s and then joined a community jazz band at a university in northeast Pennsylvania. This became the inspiration for many of her books, interestingly serving as fodder for both nonfiction and novels.

A former news writer, columnist, and business journal editor, Debbie's first novel was traditionally published, but she soon turned to self-publishing. She is now a professional editor and author coach at Queen Esther Publishing LLC. Her internationally acclaimed blog can be found at debbieburkcreative.com.