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'''Debra Lynn Dean''' (born 1957)<ref>Birth year from [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005039589/ Worldcat], accessed 2018-05-28.</ref> is an American writer, best known for her 2006 novel, ''[[The Madonnas of Leningrad]]''.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Dean was born and brought up in [[Seattle]] and studied English and Drama at [[Whitman College]], graduating in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rusoffagency.com/authors/debra_dean/|title=Debra Dean|website=Marly Rusoff Literary Agency|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> She then trained as an actress in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5313845|title=The Force of Memory: 'Madonnas of Leningrad'|website=NPR Books|date=April 2, 2006|author=Liane Hansen|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> where she married another actor, and worked mostly in theatre until returning to the Pacific Northwest to study for a [[Master of Fine Arts]] at the [[University of Oregon]]. She now teaches [[creative writing]] at the [[Florida International University]], where she is an associate professor of English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.fiu.edu/tag/debra-dean|title=Debra Dean — News at FIU - Florida International University|website=news.fiu.edu|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://case.fiu.edu/about/directory/people/dldean.html|title=Debra Lynn Dean|work=Faculty directory|publisher=[[Florida International University]]|accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*''[[The Madonnas of Leningrad]]'' (New York: William Morrow, 2006, {{ISBN|9780060825300}}, {{OCLC|780026459}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jul/01/featuresreviews.guardianreview14|title=Review: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean|last=Seymenliyska|first=Elena|date=2006-07-01|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5313845|title=The Force of Memory: 'Madonnas of Leningrad'|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en}}</ref><br />
*''[[Confessions of a Falling Woman]]'' (New York: HarperCollins, 2008, {{ISBN|9780060825324}}, {{OCLC|924436770}})<br />
*''[[The Mirrored World]]'' (New York: Harper Perennial, 2013, {{ISBN|9780061231469}}, {{OCLC|813286531}})<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/books/2019085532_br07dean.html|title='The Mirrored World': the clash of faith and reason in 1700s St. Petersburg|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref><br />
*'' Hidden Tapestry: Jan Yoors, His Two Wives, and the War That Made Them One'' (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2018, {{ISBN|9780810136830}}, {{OCLC|1004512034}})<br />
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==External links==<br />
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|audio1= [http://wlrn.org/post/journey-life-privilege-slums-russia Journey From A Life Of Privilege To The Slums of Russia], WLRN, Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman, Ariel Gonzalez & Paul Leary - June 18, 2013 }}<br />
*http://therumpus.net/2014/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-debra-dean/<br />
*http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/hidden-tapestry <br />
*http://theweek.com/articles/443353/susan-vreelands-6-favorite-books-that-blend-fiction-art-history<br />
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