Her first Harlequin Intrigue concerned a private investigation agency run by Victoria Colby. Six weeks later, she sold a second novel, this time to Harlequin's Intrigue line.

In 1998, she sold her first novel, a comedic romance novel, to Kensington Books' Precious Gems line. For three years, she researched the romance novel market and wrote. In 1995, after a chronic illness, Webb decided to focus on her stories again. She and her family returned to the United States in 1985, and Webb accepted a position as an executive secretary at NASA. Webb worked as a secretary in the commanding general's office. After Webb earned a degree in Business Administration, her husband was stationed in Berlin, Germany. After the birth of their first child, Webb's husband joined the military, and she entered college. To help pay the family's bills, she sold vacuum cleaners and took jobs working in factories or at fast food restaurants. Although her family was not wealthy, Webb cites her parents' hard work as teaching her 'that I could be anything, do anything if I wanted it badly enough and was willing to work hard enough.' Webb had always created stories in her head, and when she turned nine she began to write them down.Īfter she married, Webb continued to invent stories but grew too busy to write them down. Visit Debra at Webb grew up on a farm outside Scottsboro, Alabama. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen.

She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories.

Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including reader favorites the Shades of Death, the Faces of Evil and the Colby Agency series.

Undercover Wife by Debra Webb