I write fantasy about women who discover that the stories their grandmothers told them may not have been stories after all. My books blend folklore, inherited magic, family secrets, and contemporary life—with women who have accumulated enough years and experience to know that discovering magic doesn't make the ordinary complications of life disappear. Before turning my attention to fiction, I spent much of my career in higher education, where I learned that people are considerably more complicated than any character a novelist could invent. That probably explains why I'm as interested in what magic does to people and relationships as I am in the magic itself. I write as Deborah Griffin Hawke. The Enchanted Legacy of Elizabeth Marchand begins my Lore of the Grandmothers series, followed by The Secrets of the Thistle & Shield. If you like folklore that wanders into the present day, old family mysteries, female friendships, a little danger, and the occasional small dog who may be considerably more than he appears, you'll probably feel at home in my books.
