Deb Lucke is a writer and illustrator of children's books with an interest in bad behavior and horribly embarrassing incidents. Since her own childhood had plenty of both she is never short of material.

Her latest, “Sneezenesia,” is the story of a horribly embarrassing incident involving snot. This follows "The Book of Time Outs," the story of badly-behaved people throughout history and “The Boy Who Wouldn't Swim,” about bad-behavior and a horribly embarrassing incident in the town pool. While Deb illustrated “Never Say Boo!,” it was written by Robin Pulver who has her own interests—none of which involve bad behavior or embarrassment.

She is currently at work on a graphic novel. In addition to children's trade and educational books, Deb has illustrated for numerous editorial publications including The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Baltimore Sun, Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, and School Library Journal.

Deb lives and works in Cold Spring with Paul Hartzell. She spends time with writer friends in New York and leads tours for school children at Dia:Beacon.