Deborah "Debby" Dahl Edwardson (born 1954) is an American author of young adult fiction. Biography Debby Edwardson was born Deborah Dahl in 1951 and grew up in Minnesota. She received a degree in English from Colorado College, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2005. In 2011, Edwardson was a finalist for the National Book Award in the young adult category. She is an instructor at Iḷisaġvik College, a community college in Utqiagvik, Alaska. She and her husband George Edwardson have seven children. She lives in Utqiagvik, Alaska. She was the president of the North Slope Borough School Board. Books Whale Snow (2003). Blessing's Bead (2009) was named in the American Library Association's 2011 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults and was named in the Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth of 2010 by Booklist. My Name is Not Easy (2010) is the story of three Native Alaskan children who are sent to boarding school. References External links 1954 births 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Colorado College alumni Date of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Utqiagvik, Alaska Place of birth missing (living people) School board members in Alaska Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni Writers from Alaska Writers from Minneapolis Iḷisaġvik College faculty American women academics