Debra Borchert has had many careers: clothing designer, actress, TV show host, spokesperson for high-tech companies, marketing and public relations professional, and technical writer for Fortune 100 companies. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Writer, among others.
She is the award-winning author of the Château de Verzat series of historical novels (Her Own Legacy, Her Own Revolution, Her Own War). At her characters' insistence, she published their recipes in the companion cookbook, Soups of Château de Verzat: A Literary Cookbook and Culinary Tribute to the French Revolution. She has cooked soups on KING-5's New Day Northwest, and her recipes have appeared in Costco Connection and A Taste of France.
She is a sought-after speaker and presenter. A few presentations she delivers: A Journey Through the French Revolution, and Common Women, Uncommon Courage in the French Revolution. She has delivered marketing presentations to Women's Fiction Writers Association's Historical Fiction Affinity Group, The History Quill, and Pacific Northwest Writers Association, based on her book: Give 'Em Something to Talk About: Word-of-Mouth Drives Book Sales, A Marketing Workbook for Spreading the Word. She frequently guest-blogs and is a columnist for WFWA's Write ON! Magazine.
A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she weaves her knowledge of textiles and clothing design throughout her historical French fiction. Her work has been honored with Historical Novel Society Editors' Choices, Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor's Pick, selected as a semi-finalist in the William Faulkner Wisdom Creative Writing Competitions, Runner-up in the Independent Author Project (Historical Fiction), a Coffee Pot Gold Medal Book of the Year Award (Enlightenment Category), and has received many five-star editorial reviews.
