Deborah Morgan is a 38-year-old mother of 2 boys. She has been married for 16 years to a man she knew from her childhood days in Thornhill, Ontario. Deborah has made Alberta her home since 1977, the past 9 years in Camrose.

As a volunteer tutor, literacy program coordinator, professional development project manager and board member of the Literacy Coordinators of Alberta and the Alberta Association for Adult Literacy, Deborah became fascinated by literacy workers and the oral tradition through which good practice and the underpinnings of the field are passed on. Combining her desire to write, love of people and interest in literacy, Deborah wrote Opening Doors as a celebration of the people working in the field of literacy in Alberta.

Deborah is currently serving as vice-president of the AAAL and is co-coordinating and instructing a federally and provincially funded Job Readiness Program for adults.