An Interview with Debbie Manber Kupfer

1) What genres do you write in and why?

Mostly fantasy, though I have dabbled in horror, humour, science fiction and slice of life in short stories. I enjoy fantasy set in our world the best, both to read and to write. I love the idea that the magic is out there waiting for us to discover.

2) Describe your writing style

I’m a discovery writer. I rarely outline and usually start a book with only a vague idea where it’s going and let my characters tell the story.

3) What inspires you to write?

Anything and everything. I’m a big people watcher and listener in to conversations and random things I see and hear often make it into my stories. For example on a recent trip while standing in line in airport security, I saw a woman wearing a really interesting necklace with beads that resembled small scrolls. I pondered the necklace and decided that the scrolls must contain magic spells and that necklace along with the spells is now part of my current work-in-progress.

4) Who are your favourite authors?

Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Cornelia Funke, Charlie Holmburg, D.R. Perry, R.R. Virdi, and Jen Ponce to name a few.

5) Tell us something unusual about you

When I’m not writing fiction I write puzzles for magazines and have had puzzles published on the walls of a bagel café and a coffee mug!


​About the Author
Debbie Manber Kupfer grew up in the London. She has lived in Israel, New York and North Carolina and somehow ended up in St. Louis. She lives with her family including two very opinionated felines.
She works as a writer, editor, and puzzle constructor. She is the author of the young adult fantasy series, P.A.W.S. which features a secret international organization of shapeshifters.

She is the editor of the Sins of Time horror series and the charity anthology, Catstruck and has stories in several anthologies including Fauxpocalypse, 13 Candles, Winter Wishes, and Corvid 19.
When not writing or editing fiction she writes puzzles for Penny Press magazines and has also published a book of puzzles, Paws 4 Logic with her son, Joey.
She believes that with enough tea and dark chocolate you can achieve anything! 
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