Deborah J Ledford

DEBORAH J LEDFORD is the award-winning author of the Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran suspense thrillers REDEMPTION (2023) and HAVOC (2024). These novels of suspense are set in Northern New Mexico and on the Taos Pueblo Reservation. Her first series, the Smoky Mountain Intrigue suspense thriller series, includes the titles, CAUSING CHAOS, CRESCENDO, STACCATO, and The Hillerman Sky Award Finalist SNARE. CAUSING CHAOS and CRESCENDO, are Anthony Award Finalists for Best Audiobook, available from Audible. Edgar Award winner, and three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, she is a former adjunct professor for Arizona State University's Piper Writer Center for Creative Writing, and past-president of Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths (AZ chapter). Deborah is also a host for the Authors on the Air Global Network, interviewing Native American and Indigenous authors, and focusing on diversity, BIPOC and Crime Writers of Color. Part Eastern Band Cherokee, Deborah spent her summers growing up in the Great Smoky Mountains region of North Carolina, where her Smoky Mountain Inquest novels are set. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and an awesome Ausky.