Debbie Ihler Rasmussen

Debbie Ihler Rasmussen started writing in the seventh grade. After several friends turned in book reports on one of her hand-written stories, her ninth grade English teacher asked to read it. Giving the book the highest mark she had ever given any work in her class, the teacher told Debbie she had better see something of Debbie's published before that teacher died. Now, fifty years later, Debbie has no idea if that English teacher is still alive, but she is finally embarking on a lifelong dream and adventure as a writer.

Debbie draws from a deep well of life experiences. Mother of six and grandmother to twenty; a dance teaching career that spans more than forty-five years; wealth and poverty both in marriage and out; a few in-between jobs - each one enlisting new friends and learning experiences; travels and adventures; a personal understanding of the paranormal along with her core religious beliefs - all combine with a vivid imagination in creating story lines and characters that jump to life on the pages of her writing.

Romance, adventure, paranormal, fantasy, how-to books for teaching dance for children are some of the areas her writings have taken her.

Debbie loves to develop new characters and ideas with one very important criteria and a standard that she holds herself to - that her writing is appropriate for all ages so that she can confidently share them with all of her children, grandchildren and friends.