Deborah Vlock is a fiction writer and specialist in Victorian literature and culture. She's also a wife and mom, and while she will never admit to being a Hausfrau (the state of her bathrooms confirms this) she is fondly referred to as "Mausfrau" by her German husband. Deborah received her Ph.D. in English from Brandeis University and teaches literature and writing at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She has published on a variety of 18th- and 19th-century subjects and writes literary fiction. Hopefully you will be able to read some of it very soon.
Deb's short story "Dialogue" was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize.
Some interesting facts about Deb:
- She encourages help from cats, whenever possible, while tyxxpkkkkkkkkkkkking.
- She loves reading the dictionary - especially the Oxford English Dictionary, which she reads with a magnifying glass in the privacy of her own office (let's face it, it looks a bit silly).
- She used to ride through the moonlit streets of Boston on the back of a - uhhh - two-wheeled vehicle (don't worry, Mom - it wasn't a motorcycle).
- She does not know how to fold fitted sheets. If you ever sleep at her house, be advised: they're clean! Just mighty wrinkled.
- Her father is a mad scientist (accidentally-blow-up-the-house-with-volatile-chemicals mad) but she loves him anyway.
- Her mother is a fantastic actress (and recently wore a purple and black fringed Bordello-type outfit in a play - you go, Mom!).
- Her two kids are just sick people (go ask a ten year old for clarification).
- Her husband is German but very unpunctual. So he had to leave Germany and move to America (it's a wonder he didn't miss his flight!).
- She finds Twitter inane but strangely alluring, and wastes lots of precious writing time Tweeting about boring stuff she does while procrastinating (follow her at http://twitter.com/dvlock).