Debbie Bradford
Writer · Professor · Musician
About
My memoir and YA writing is informed by my teenage years – a chaotic, dangerous time, shaped by trauma for which I didn’t yet have language. My work, rooted in lived experience and Judaism, has appeared in The Washington Post, Hippocampus, The Connecticut Review, and other publications. I teach English at CT State Community College and write songs about how early wounds shape the ways we love and what we carry.
Back by Morning: a middle-of-the-night memoir
Coming Soon
Fourteen-year-old Debbie thinks she knows the risks of sneaking out. She’s careful, smart – until the night she climbs into a car with a boy holding a loaded gun.
Set in 1990s Dallas, during one of the largest waves of juvenile crime in U.S. history, Back by Morning follows a girl unraveling in the wake of trauma, searching for safety in a world that keeps tilting toward danger.
Music
Some Weather, my first album, is about the distances damage creates, and the fragile, stubborn hope of staying open.