Deborah Dunn

Deborah Dunn Revealed

About Deborah Dunn

What is your birthdate?:

6/14
Previous occupations:

Social Worker, Director of nonprofits, Christian Education, teaching
Favorite job:

Corporate crisis training and intervention
High school and/or college:

East Carolina University/Greenville, N. C.
Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:

Vangelis
Favorite movie:

Chariots of Fire
Favorite television show:

Don't have much time, but when I do I like watching talent competitions

Revealing Questions

Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?: A. Learning to sing and dance in the rain...
Q. What is your motto or maxim?: A. The path of least resistence usually leads nowhere.
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?: A. Heaven, and there is no such thing as heaven on earth.
Q. What’s your greatest fear?: A. Not having fulfilled my purpose in life to the best of my ability
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?: A. Playing with my two-year-old granddaughter
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?: A. My Quaker grandmothers, who struggled to stay true to their faith in a hostile world.
Q. Which living person do you most admire?: A. I am fascinated by Condoleeza Rice
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?: A. I say the word "cool" a lot, which dates me terribly. LOL
Q. What do you regret most?: A. Not having foreseen the suicide of my young brother
Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?: A. More skills in math and science, as I would have love to have studied neuroscience
Q. What is your greatest achievement?: A. The hundreds of people whose marriages and mental health are now good because of my interventions
Q. What’s your greatest flaw?: A. My stubborness and lack of obedience to God
Q. What’s your best quality?: A. My compassion and willingness to take risks to help others
Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?: A. I would love to be an eagle.
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?: A. I love to talk and laugh
Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?: A. I would really like to meet Paul from the New Testament and I would ask him lots of questions about some of the things he said about women and marriage.
Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?: A. People who judge Christians by what they see on television
Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?: A. I love all things creative--art, music, painting, travel
Q. What’s your fantasy profession?: A. I want to be the next great relationship expert talk show host....
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?: A. Authenticity, kindness, trustworthiness
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?: A. A mixture of fruits, nuts, and vegetables
Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?: A. Chariots of Fire; Amazing Grace, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Ave Maria, O Holy Night,

On Books and Writing

Q. Who are your favorite authors?: A. Leif Enger

Jane Austen

Charlotte Bronte

Susan Howatch

Pat Conroy

Lee Smith

Anne Tyler

C.S. Lewis

Jan de Hartog (The Lion and Lamb Trilogy)

Ted Dekker

Dr. Scott Peck
Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?: A. Peace Like a River

Little Women

Pride and Prejudice

On Agate Hill

Mere Christianity
Q. Is there a book you love to reread?: A. Mere Christianity
Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?: A. learn to take criticism well and learn from it
Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?: A. I felt like you were describing my life!
Q. How did you come to write Stupid about Men?: A. After twenty years of working with women who'd neglected their children in some form or fashion, I realized most of them did it because of a man...the one they had, the one they wanted, or the one that they wished would go away.

All were addicted to men and romance in some form or fashion. I decided it is time women heard the truth and learned how to change.