Deborah Hautzig (born 1956, New York) is an American author of several children's books, including the ''Little Witch'' series.

Biography

She is the daughter of Walter Hautzig and Esther Hautzig, who wrote the book '' The Endless Steppe''. She graduated from the

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in New York. She published her first novel while still a student at

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. In addition to the ''Little Witch'' series, Deborah has written over 35 ''

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'' books. She has written versions of children's classics such as ''

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,'' and ''

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''. She has also written two young adult books, ''Hey Dollface!'' and ''Second Star to the Right'', which was loosely based on her own battle with anorexia, a battle she did not win until after finishing writing it.

References

American children's writers Jewish American writers American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Writers from New York (state) 1956 births Living people Chapin School (Manhattan) alumni 21st-century American Jews {{US-child-writer-stub