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Welcome!

If you're looking for Debra Garfinkle, D.L. Garfinkle, or D.L. Green, you're at the right place. They're all me. Thanks for coming!

A Little Bit about Me:

I am the author of the children's novels Violet and the Pie of Life and Kaitlyn and the Competition and the children's book series The Funny Girl​, Silver Pony Ranch, Zeke Meeks, and Supernatural Rubber Chicken. I've also published five YA novels with Penguin: Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl, Stuck in the 70s, and The Band trilogy.
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I live in Southern California and work as a lawyer. I love giving writing workshops and talks at schools, libraries, and conferences for students, teachers, and writers.
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NEWS!
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Violet and the Pie of Life,
​my new children's novel, was published in hardback and as an e-book in 2021 and in paperback in 2022. It's gotten great reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and many other sites! It was named a Best Children's Book of the Year by Bank Street College of Education.​

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My story, "Pandemic Bat Mitzvah," is included in the children's anthology Coming of Age: 13 B'Nai Mitzvah Stories!