Deborah Burst
Freelance Writing & Photography
A freelance writer and photographer, Deborah enjoys writing outdoors in the piney woods of
Mandeville, Louisiana. One day it’s the porch swing, another on the back deck
, but never far away
from deer grazing
in the back woods or hummingbirds fighting over the feeders.

A degree in Media Arts and Business Studies from Tulane University combined with a 30 year
career with Hibernia National Bank and IBM offered the necessary credentials to start Deb's
Freelance Writing and Photography.

Click on the published clips page for a look at her latest work including local, regional and national
magazines:  
Southern Breeze magazine, Times of the Island, Northshore Report, Old House
Journal,
Louisiana Life, and Louisiana Road Trips magazine,

Deborah has more than
500 published articles earning thirteen writing/photography awards in the
last five years and serves as a photography judge for the Louisiana Outdoor Writer's Association
Youth Journalism Contest.

Check out her verbal essay, "Eye of the Hurricane," on the
Mississippi Public Radio website,  

Deborah is a member of the Pen Women Association, the
Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association
and member
of the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival.  

She has appeared as a moderator for a 2008 Tennessee Williams Festival travel panel and a
panelist for the
ir 2009 blogging panel.

Deb has also co-founded the Northshore Literary Society to help grow literary endeavors in the
Greater New Orleans region. For more details visit
www.northshoreliterarysociety.com.