Deborah Dunleavy

Author Deborah Dunleavy is a connoisseur of the written word who takes joy in the natural music of language and how it shapes landscapes for the reader. She is an award-winning storyteller, author, and recording artist who is moving from children's literature to adult novels with The Truth About Trees . Dunleavy, along with her husband and composer Howard Alexander, are the recipients of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts given to write Isobel Gunn , an adult storytelling oratorio...See more

Author Deborah Dunleavy is a connoisseur of the written word who takes joy in the natural music of language and how it shapes landscapes for the reader. She is an award-winning storyteller, author, and recording artist who is moving from children's literature to adult novels with The Truth About Trees . Dunleavy, along with her husband and composer Howard Alexander, are the recipients of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts given to write Isobel Gunn , an adult storytelling oratorio for orchestra. She lives in eastern Ontario where she enjoys writing, going for walks, and sitting by the dancing flames of a wood stove on a cold winter night. See less