Deborah J Ledford

Classical, Alternative Rock, Opera. My long dormant love of Classical music reignited while researching for my suspense thriller STACCATO. Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach. My favorite opera at the moment is Salome which I had the pleasure of viewing live at the Santa Fe Opera. On the other end of the spectrum, most of the time I listen to Alternative Rock: Alecia Keys, Annie Lennox, Blue October, Rob Thomas, Cake. I stick with the same one or two CD's until I've written an entire manuscript or short story. Nearly wore out Annie Lennox's "Bare" and Evanescence "Fallen" while composing my latest thriller novel. Puccini was my choice to always have blaring while composing the STACCATO manuscript.

Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Where the Crow Flies", Anita Shreve's "Resistance", Pat Conroy's "Beach Music", Loise Erdrich's "The Master Butchers Singing Club", Lisa Gardner's "Hide" and forever and always "To Kill a Mockingbird", Greg Iles, Christopher Reich, Lisa Gardner, John Irving, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Michael Cunningham, Isabel Allende, Michael Chabon, Louise Erdrich, Pat Conroy

"The Big Chill", "Seven", "Blade Runner", "My Cousin Vinny", "Laura", "Rebecca", "The Green Mile", "Primal Fear", "Oxygen", "The Verdict", "Young Frankenstein", "Fargo"

Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Dexter, Forensic Files, The Riches, The Dog Whisperer, The Big Bang, Dirt, Eli Stone.

International travel, Photography, woodworking, painting, time with my new Australian Shepherd pups

Nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. Published author of mainstream and mystery short stories. International award winner of 2 short stories. , Member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime (AZ), Moderator for the Scottsdale Writers Critique Group. Visit my website at: www.deborahjledford.com and my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=662692147

www.deborahjledford@cox.net