“Debbie Weingarten not only helped me through the painstaking process of a memoir book proposal, I was grateful to be able to hire her as the ghost editor for MAID. Since then, I have enthusiastically recommended her to anyone seeking an editor for any type of project. Debbie envisions scenes so clearly and lets you know what thread is missing or needs to be brought out. I cannot say enough about how much I have appreciated her patience, understanding, and friendship over the last several years.”

—Stephanie Land, bestselling author of MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive

“Sometimes you get lucky and find another human who will partner with you in your craft, exactly at the multiple levels you crave. I found Debbie through her published work — essays written with equal parts refined skill and sensuous originality, always smart, always human. Her reading of my essays is equally dimensional, with feedback on language details, and prompts that push content. The result is work that is its best whole. Miraculous: I found an editor who “gets” the layered reading I want, even beyond what I dare to ask.”

—Diana Tokaji, poet, essayist, and author of Six Women in a Cell: A Story of Sisterhod and Survival After Police Assault

“I love when I get to work with Debbie on a story. She’s passionate, focused, and driven to get the story right—especially when tackling complex issues. Not only is she an eloquent writer and storyteller, she’s also a diligent researcher and interviewer. Debbie makes my job as an editor look easy."

—Megan Kimble, former edible Baja Arizona and Texas Observer editor, author of Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food

“This is the kind of writing that knows what you look like when you think you are alone. It echolocates the actual perimeter of things, moving past the shapeshifting and the camouflage of everyday lies. The characters she creates are listening. The people she profiles know they can let down their guard. Her prose manages to be both exquisite and direct. Rich and spare. World worn and open hearted.”

—Aisha Sloan, author of The Fluency of Light: Coming of Age in a Theater of Black and White, Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit, and Borealis

“Debbie is a thoughtful, precise, and kind editor. She is excellent at identifying what is at the heart of any piece of writing and then working to strengthen the scaffolding to support and encase that thing. Because of her experience in fiction, nonfiction, journalistic, and content writing, Debbie is able to both write and edit in varying mediums while achieving excellence in all of them. I highly recommend her because of her great eye, insightful mind, and compassionate heart.”

-Lisa O'Neill, Writer, Editor, and Teacher