Debbie Dadey, Children's Author


Debbie in the Bahamas.	We always decorate Christmas cookies at our house. Sometimes they get a bit silly (and piratey!).	Another Dadey is tradition is the making of the gingerbread house-usually a little bit of a crazy house!
Meet Authors with Debbie	Debbie and Doreen Cronin
Debbie and Tomie de Paola	Debbie and Nathan Dadey. Debbie wrote Slime Wars and SlimeTime with her son, Nathan.
Debbie and Doris Ettling	Debbie and Mary Downing Hahn	Marcia Jones and Debbie
Debbie and Walter Dean Myers	Debbie and Katherine Paterson	Debbie and Seymour Simon
Lea Wait, Debbie, and Laurie Calkhoven
Meet 'Creatures' with Debbie
Debbie getting ready to be beamed up!	Debbie and Spiderman	Debbie and her Wizard of OZ buddies
Debbie and a candy bar at Hershey Park, PA.	Debbie loves going on a picnic and goofing off.	Debbie's dog Shadow dresses up as 'Hairy' Potter!
Debbie and a baby dragon	Santa Skip and elf Debbie
Debbie and a whale in Hudson, NY.	Debbie and Clifford in Virginia.
		Debbie and Dracula!
Debbie and Charlie's Angels	Debbie and Wonder Woman
Debbie-Growing up
Debbie still tries to play piano!	That's Debbie on top. Every year she was in a ski show.	Debbie's first car- She cooked a lot of burgers to pay for it!
That's Debbie and her dad at Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado when she was in college.	When Debbie was growing up, Spike was her best friend. She told him all her troubles.	Debbie's grandmother, Lillie Bailey, was the best. Whistler's Hollow was written about her.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th School pictures Debbie thought she was a princess with her hair up in fifth grade. She couldn't take it down because she did in fourth grade and got in trouble when her mom saw the picture. In fourth grade she could never beat this one boy in a foot race. That's why in the Keyholder's series, Penny can beat everyone in her school.
Can you believe Debbie was a cheerleader?	Debbie always dreamed of having a horse.
Debbie's room was her favorite color - blue. Of course there were books there because she loved to read then-she still does!

Debbie as a grown-up (sort-of)	Yikes! There goes Debbie's hair. She cut if off to donate to Locks of Love. They make wigs for people with cancer.
The basketball team Debbie sponsored.	That's Debbie behind all that Colorado snow!	Debbie during a school visit in New York.
Kissing a dragon at Longwood Gardens	Debbie receiving an award.	Debbie on her scooter
Debbie skydived as research for a book. She was excited, but also a little scared. Her oldest son, Nathan, went with her.
Debbie is on the right and all smiles inthe plane! Her son Nathan is up front with the gloves.	Debbie jumping out of the plane!	That's Debbie skydiving... and SCREAMING during "freefall" (before the parachute opens)!
Debbie's vacation photos
Debbie with the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.