Deborah Burns has been an editor at Storey Publishing for 23 years. When not working on books about farming, animals, bees, and birds, she is also a writer, traveler, musician, painter, and mom.
Our flagship series of books on animal husbandry — Storey’s Guides to Raising — was born in 1975, during the Back to the Land movement. It began with a book on raising poultry, another on dairy goats, and a … Read More
The arrival of May in my neighborhood means it’s time for our annual bird walk. My neighbors and I started it five years ago to acquaint ourselves with the birds and other wild things living in our yards and gardens and treetops. Now we’re better acquainted with … Read More
Authors and editors often like to plan a book around a numbered list. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. 30 Things to Know by 30. 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen. The 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said. But what about that 8th … Read More
For me, as a Storey editor, a Mother Earth News Fair is a wonderland, where our books (past, present, and future) come to life in the form of workshops, and our readers roam around sampling them. That’s because Storey and Mother Earth News … Read More
There's a unique bond between cats and horses, despite their ancient natures as predator and prey. Photo © Chad Ehlers/Stone/Getty Images, from Horses & Friends. My family had a lot of animals when I was growing up, primarily cats (and kittens), dogs (and … Read More
