Alabama Authors Directory

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Debby Hackbarth

Hometown: Fairhope, AL Lives in: ,

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  • Email: dhackbarth7@gmail.com

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About Debby Hackbarth

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children and Young Adults, Hybrid

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: She has tutored since 1972; has a master’s degree in literacy; served as Adjunct Faculty at Seattle Pacific University; worked as a literacy professor at Kishwaukee College; and taught at Northern Illinois University assisting the Chair of College Reading in staff supervision.
Intellect Publishing has published her Fairhope Dragon series: six books and eleven mini books for children; her memoir, which won an International Impact Book Award in 2025; and has published her book of poetry: Soul …Read More Stories. She has had poems published online by The Writers Club and is published in Poetica #26 by Clarendon House Publications. She has won various awards for her prose and poetry by the Pensters Writing Group.

Works: Intellect Publications: Fairhope Dragon Series : Beholding Baby Glisten, The Fairhope Dragon, Gliding with Glisten, The Fairhope Dragon, Searching for Glisten, The Fairhope Dragon, plus nine little books – three for each of the aforementioned books …Read More plus the Fairhope Trilogy Coloring Book published in 2023; Dynamic Debby: Overcoming Prematurity and Poor Vision – a memoir published in 2025; and Soul Stories: Poetry From the Heart published in 2025. Clarendon House Publications: Poetica #26 – anthology with one of my poems: Compassion not Conflict.

Awards:

2025 International Impact Book Awards for her memoir, Dynamic Debby: Overcoming Prematurity and Poor Vision

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