An award winning writer, photographer and social media specialist, Deb owns a Media Arts degree from Tulane University with published work on a local, regional and national level. She specializes in travel, lifestyle, culinary culture and historical architecture along with social media promotions for authors, publishers and small business owners. Deb enjoys a loyal following as a travel and food columnist with Louisiana Road Trips magazine and keeps busy with local publications. A frequent contributor to nationally distributed magazines Fine Books & Collection, Old House Journal and Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine, Deb served as Louisiana bureau chief for the regional blockbuster, Southern Breeze magazine. A New Orleans native now living in Mandeville, Louisiana, she is the co-founder of the Northshore Literary Society, member and former board member of the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association.  

Deborah Burst, freelance writer and photographer, lives and writes in the piney woods of Mandeville. After a 30-year stint in banking, she graduated from Tulane in 2003. Her work has appeared in regional, national, and international publications. A personal translator blessed with an emotional art form, Deb discovers the food, culture, and people along the backroads each month in Louisiana Road Trips.