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Deb
Burst is a freelance writer working in Mandeville, Louisiana. After leaving a 25-year year career in financial computing, Deb now travels a different road to success. She graduated from Tulane University with honors in the Spring of 2003 and started her own freelance writing business. She lives with her husband and two children. The family has lived in Mandeville, Louisiana for 20 years. Deb enjoys the north shore's natural habitat and has published work with the Louisiana Conservationist, Louisiana Homes & Gardens, The Times of Acadiana, Inside Northside, Country Roads, Preservation in Print, Louisiana Weekly, St. Tammany.com, Tambalaya, North Shore Report, Sophisticated Woman, and she is a restaurant review columnist in the Louisiana Local magazine. On August 28, 2004, at a banquet in Venice, Louisiana, Deb received a Louisiana Outdoor Writer's Association "Excellence in Craft" award. Deb won the Louisiana Outdoor Writer's Association's First Place award for Best Magazine Short Feature for the article "Cajun Ambassador," a profile of Greg Guirard. The article appeared in the May issue of The Times of Acadiana. Deb also won the Louisiana Outdoor Writer's Association's Third Place award in the category Best Black and White Photograph Published In A Local Magazine with her photo of a baby possum. In late October 2004 one of Deb's essays was produced as a radio piece and may be heard online on Mississippi Public Radio. In addition to writing, one of Deb's favorite past times is walking her dog, Spikey, in the piney woods she calls home. Deb is a member of the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association, the St. Tammany West Chamber, the Nature Conservancy, and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. You may contact Deb through the editors of Spillway Review, editors@spillwayreview.com. |
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