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LaFruche Central
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Welcome! You’ve reached the
home page of the author Deborah Fruchey, aka ‘LaFruche’.
This site is under construction, but feel free to
look around and check back with us
as progress is made.
Comments and suggestions can go to: Debralee@astound.net.
Deborah Fruchey was born in 1959 in Southern California.
She graduated high school with a full complement of good grades and bad attitudes. At 26 she published her first novel, The Unwilling Heiress (Walker & Co., agented by Elizabeth Pomada) This romantic comedy was chosen by the American Booksellers’ Association as one of the best in its category for 1987.
Deborah became Bipolar at the age of 13, though she was not diagnosed until her late twenties. After 8 years of treatment, she received successful medications and became stabilized. It is now one of her cherished goals to help people deal with the multiple issues that occur when mental health becomes a problem. Her fist nonfiction book, Is There Room for Me, Too? is scheduled to go to her agent in July of this year. Please see the link for more about this effort.
For over 20 years, Deborah has been a fixture on the Bay Area poetry circuit, participating in the infamous Café Babar poetry scene. She has published six chapbooks of poetry, and been included in five anthologies. Deborah is listed in the American Directory of Poets and Fiction Writers. Meanwhile, she has worked as a banker, file clerk, library aide, and reader for the blind.
Deborah edits and publishes a free local poetry newsletter, Strictly East. You may receive this as a monthly pdf file by emailing her at: debralee@astound.net
In 2005, Deborah returned to college to pursue a B.A. in Psychology and Literature, and married Robert M. Hamaker, a professional percussionist from Walnut Creek.
Her goals in life are another publishing contract, a degree in English, and a flat stomach. She also hopes eventually to be useful in making mental illness a less onerous and frightening condition.
Debralee Pagan is her poetry persona; she also occassionally answers to "Mrs. Hamaker".
Lafruche is an old nickname.
Please see our Links section for places to read Deborah's work on the web.
There are also selected wedding photos under the photo link, as well as her trip to Sedona, AZ, and other goodies.
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