CONFESSIONS OF A FALLING WOMAN by Debra Dean

Publisher Harper Collins, February 2008

The author of the highly acclaimed and bestselling THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD returns with a collection of stories by turns tender, comic, and devastating.

Debra Dean, author of the bestselling THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD, has been writing award-winning short stories for many years. Now, in this stunning collection, she presents 10 stories that display the depth and magnitude of her skill as a literary talent, half of which have never before been published. New York City neighbors let down their guard for a naive puppeteer. A southern matriarch faces her family at an intervention. A break-in triggers insomniac introspection in a desperate actor. Replete with the seamless storytelling and unique voice that made THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD a great success, this collection is sure to satisfy Dean’s growing fanbase as it eagerly awaits her new novel.

THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, an ALA Notable Book, a #1 Book Sense pick, and a Quill Awards Book of the Year nominee.

Debra Dean worked as an actor in the New York theater for nearly a decade before opting for the more secure life of a writer. She and her husband now live in Miami, where she is teaching at the University of Miami. She is currently at work on her second novel.