It is with great sadness that I let you know of the passing of my friend and collaborator Debra Young, after a lifelong battle with Lupus.

I met Debra over twenty-five years ago in the Fictionaires, a critique group in Orange County, California. As a writer, she was brilliant, her work spanning multiple genres, styles, and themes. It was always a pleasure when she shared her writing. We had actually developed the concept for a middle-grade science series together. Lunacy—a sci-fi comedy that pred...