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akjeDouglas Debelak has lived his entire life in western Pennsylvania. He currently lives with his wife in a beautiful old house in a wonderful historic neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh. He loves sitting on the front porch with a bottle of wine, waiting for passersby and inciting parties – officially known as stoop sits, but unlike many of the other homes in the neighborhood, he has a porch.
Douglas asked questions since he began to speak, often more than the adults around him could or cared to answer. He was given an encyclopedia set in grade school and was told, if he had questions, to read this, and he did. Cover to cover, even the parts that were beyond his ability to comprehend at the time.
He later studied theology with the intent of becoming a Presbyterian minister, until his questions led him to doubt much of what he'd been taught and believed. His questions then lead him to philosophy, in which he has a degree from Youngstown State University.
Determining that he did not want a career in academia, after a short stint in a PhD program in philosophy, writing seemed the next logical choice for someone who continued to ask questions, especially when his favorite questions began with “What if…?” and, of course, the ubiquitous “Why?”
He put his literary aspirations on hold when he became a father and had a family to support. He taught himself to write software and he's had a successful career as a software engineer. He always promised himself he’d return to his dream of writing a novel, and now he has.
The Involuntary Ghostwriter, his debut novel, was published in December 2016 by Dark Ink Press. The Ghostwriter's Wife, is the second book in the series, and The Ghostwriter's Legacy was published in time for Christmas 2017.
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The Ghostwriter Series is the result of collision between the lyrics of a song and a promise the author's mother made when he was a child. The song is One of Us, written by Eric Bazillion and recorded in the 90s by Joan Osborne. The lyrics: "What if God was one of Us?" His mother's promise: "When you grow up, you can be anything you want to be." Both stirred in his subconscious thoughts for many years, until one day he asked instead: "What if one of us was God?"
Douglas asked questions since he began to speak, often more than the adults around him could or cared to answer. He was given an encyclopedia set in grade school and was told, if he had questions, to read this, and he did. Cover to cover, even the parts that were beyond his ability to comprehend at the time.
He later studied theology with the intent of becoming a Presbyterian minister, until his questions led him to doubt much of what he'd been taught and believed. His questions then lead him to philosophy, in which he has a degree from Youngstown State University.
Determining that he did not want a career in academia, after a short stint in a PhD program in philosophy, writing seemed the next logical choice for someone who continued to ask questions, especially when his favorite questions began with “What if…?” and, of course, the ubiquitous “Why?”
He put his literary aspirations on hold when he became a father and had a family to support. He taught himself to write software and he's had a successful career as a software engineer. He always promised himself he’d return to his dream of writing a novel, and now he has.
The Involuntary Ghostwriter, his debut novel, was published in December 2016 by Dark Ink Press. The Ghostwriter's Wife, is the second book in the series, and The Ghostwriter's Legacy was published in time for Christmas 2017.
You can check out more of his work here:
Website
Amazon
Goodreads
Wattpad
The Ghostwriter Series is the result of collision between the lyrics of a song and a promise the author's mother made when he was a child. The song is One of Us, written by Eric Bazillion and recorded in the 90s by Joan Osborne. The lyrics: "What if God was one of Us?" His mother's promise: "When you grow up, you can be anything you want to be." Both stirred in his subconscious thoughts for many years, until one day he asked instead: "What if one of us was God?"
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