About the author

Debra BORCHERT

<p>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 <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor</em>, and <em>The Writer, </em>among others. </p><p> </p><p>She is the award-winning author of the <em>Château de Verzat</em> series of historical novels (<em>Her Own Legacy</em>, <em>Her Own Revolution</em>, <em>Her Own War</em>). At her characters' insistence, she published their recipes in the companion cookbook, <em>Soups of Château de Verzat: A Literary Cookbook and Culinary Tribute to the French Revolution</em>. She has cooked soups on KING-5's <em>New Day Northwest</em>, and her recipes have appeared in <em>Costco Connection</em> and <em>A Taste of France</em>. </p><p> </p><p>She is a sought-after speaker and presenter. A few presentations she delivers: <em>A Journey Through the French Revolution</em>, <span>and </span><em>Common Women, Uncommon Courage in the French Revolution</em>. 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: <em>Give 'Em Something to Talk About: Word-of-Mouth Drives Book Sales, A Marketing Workbook for Spreading the Word</em>. She frequently guest-blogs and is a columnist for WFWA's <em>Write ON! Magazine</em>.</p><p> </p><p>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 <em>Historical Novel Society</em> <em>Editors' Choices</em>, <em>Publishers Weekly BookLife</em> <em>Editor's Pick</em>, 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.</p>