Biography
Deborah J Ledford began her writing career as a screenwriter. She wrote, directed and edited her first short film, "Blind Ambitions," as an entry into Scottsdale, Arizona's first international film festival. "Blind Ambitions" won Third Place in that competition, as well as Honorable Mention in the Tucson International Film Festival. From there, she wrote the full-length version of the same script as well as six other original full-length screenplays.
She has novelized two of her scripts and is currently composing a screenplay based on her latest suspense thriller novel.
In a quest to produce her screenplays, Deborah launched her own independent film production company IOF Productions Ltd . In the '90s, she assisted other independent film production companies (in a co-production capacity) composing investment prospectus packages, choosing scripts, scouting shooting locations, compiling and structuring budgets/day-out-of-day lists/character and scene breakdowns in order to present fully fundable projects for investors.
Before her career as a writer, Deborah worked for a decade as a professional scenic artist on motion pictures, industrial films, national commercials and theatre. Due to her work on industrial films for clients such as Intel and Motorola, Deborah earned security clearance through the United States Government. One of her more recognized film credits is for the acclaimed motion picture "Raising Arizona."
As well as novels, Deborah has written and published a wide range of short stories in the commercial, literary, magic realism and mystery genre.