Debbie Young

Young was born and raised in Sidcup, Kent.

After her family relocated to Germany, she came back to the UK to earn her BA (Hons) in English and Related Literature at the University of York, then lived and worked for a while in London and the West of England as a journalist and PR consultant.

In 2013 Young was appointed commissioning editor of the Authors’ Advice Centre blog at the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) until 2019. She also contributed to ALLi’s series of advice books for authors, and is still a UK Ambassador for ALLi. In 2022, she began teaching a twice-yearly course called Simply Self-publish for Jericho Writers. She also gives occasional talks at writing conferences and literature festivals and is often asked to be a judge for events such as Stroud Short Stories. She has also contributed to magazines for writers, including Mslexia and Romance Matters.

In 2014 she began to self-publish her fiction, and there followed three collections of short stories, nine novels, a novella, and two three novelettes. Two of those novels were shortlisted for the Bookbrunch Selfies Award, given for the best independently published adult fiction in the UK.

She now lives in the Cotswolds.

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