Debra Groves Harman lived in Cambodia from 1994 - 2001, working as an ESL teacher and then establishing a publishing company, Canby Publications, Ltd. with her then-husband. She worked as a US Embassy Warden during the 1997 "factional fighting," also know as the coup in Phnom Penh. Tanks, gun battles, and active Khmer Rouge are part of her story, a tale of loss and love.
D. Groves Harman has taught secondary English for several years, and is now a substitute teacher. She has a BA in English Literature from University of Oregon (1990, Magna Cum Laude) as well as an M.Ed. from Portland State University. This is her first book.
Her creative nonfiction has been published in the following:
Miracle Monocle
The Write Launch
OJAL: Open Journal of Art and Letters
Two Sisters Writing and Publishing
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Medium publications, including The Narrative Arc, The Wind Phone, Crow's Feet, and more
Follower her on twitter: @harmanygroves