DEBORAH L. STAUNTON'S work has appeared in The New York Times, Pretty Owl Poetry, Six Hens, and The MacGuffin among others. Her work was featured at HBO’s Inspiration Room exhibit in New York City. She is a Best of the Net and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a. finalist for the David Wade Hogue Rocket Man Poetry Award. Her poetry & short prose collection, Untethered, is the recipient of a PenCraft Best Book Award and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award.. Her children's picture book, Owls Can't Sing, was recently released by Two Sisters Press (Now Golden Bridges Publishing). She is a member of the International Women's Writing Guild, SCBWI, and the Author's Guild.