Debra Devi

Debra Devi is a rock musician and author. Her book THE LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES: FROM ALCORUB TO ZUZU (foreword by Dr. John) won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Book on Music, and is surely the only book blurbed by both Bonnie Raitt and Ministry singer Al Jourgensen. Devi is the co-author of Steve Mariotti's deeply moving and very funny memoir, GOODBYE HOMEBOY: HOW MY STUDENTS DROVE ME CRAZY AND INSPIRED A MOVEMENT. Set in the early 1980s in the South Bronx, where Mariotti taught special ed before founding the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Goodbye Homeboy has won multiple awards, including the Nautilus award for best biography and Author of the Year from the American Human Rights Society. Devi has also written for Rolling Stone.com, Guitar, Guitar School, Guitar World, Blues Revue and The Village Voice. Learn more at www.debradevi.com