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Deborah White is a journalist, non-fiction writer and blogger with special interest in food, water, literacy, and environmental issues. She’s an avid supporter of public libraries, food banks, and many social justice causes.

Deborah, the granddaughter of California Central Valley farmers, writes about food activism at Fake Food Watch: Folly, Fun, Fraud in Modern Industrial Food.

Since February 2005, Deborah has been editor and writer for Liberal Politics at About.com, which is part of the New York Times Co. She has authored more than 1,900 articles and columns at About.com, and is frequently linked to by Google News, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, The Atlantic Wire, Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Daily Beast, and hundreds of other leading sites.

In 2011, 2009 and 2007, Deborah White was elected to two-year terms as Delegate to the California Democratic Party. Deborah occasionally appears on talk radio as guest commentator on politics and elections.

Deborah studied journalism and non-fiction writing as an undergraduate. She earned a B.A. in writing from UCLA’s film school, and an M.B.A. from California State University, Long Beach. She also earned a CPA in the state of California, and worked as CPA/consultant for 20 years, including almost a decade at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Los Angeles. Deborah has founded and managed several small businesses, including an online gourmet food retailer during the infancy of ecommerce websites.

The joy of her life is marriage to Ron. The pride of her life is their four children… three of them thankfully now self-supporting, and one in college… and two adorable young grandchildren. And their children’s significant others, of course.

When not writing or researching, Deborah loves cooking, books, films, and seeking out used book stores and hidden culinary gems in her native Southern California. She can be found at Panera Bread and Starbucks far too often on weekdays, drinking coffee, reading, and chatting with friends.

The Crazy Woman is inspired by the iconic Apple mantra: “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”