About Debra Madaris Efird- Debra is a member of the NC Writers' Network and author of Groups in Practice: A School Counselor's Collection (2012, Routledge). She has had numerous articles published in professional counseling magazines as well as in saturdayeveningpost.com, livinglutheran.org, Savannah Anthology, Wake Living magazine, UNCG magazine, and others. She has been a Finalist in numerous writing contests, including the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, Doris Betts Fiction Prize, Press 53 Open Awards, NCSU Prize for Short Fiction, and others. You can reach Debra at email [email protected] , website: https://sites.google.com/site/debramadarisefird/home