Deborah Schwartz was born in Manhattan, but raised in South Florida, where she spent most of her time indoors, hiding from the sun.

She received a bachelor of arts from the University of Florida and a master of fine arts from University of Maryland, College Park. She moved to New York City in August of 2001, and has been working as a website designer ever since.

In the interim, she has worked for a sculpting resin manufacturer, a September 11th commemorative gallery, and a Holocaust memorial museum. She has published stories in Collectanea and Arts & Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture, winning first prize in their 2004 short story competition. A new story of hers will appear in a forthcoming edition of the Kenyon Review

Since 2001, she has called three of the five boroughs home. Presently, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Brian Geller, and her enormous ego.