Deborah Turney Zagwyn is a children's author and illustrator who lives in Harrison Hot Springs. She studied fine arts at Langara College and Fraser Valley College in Abbotsford. With her background as a printmaker, weaver and wall muralist, she wrote The Pumpkin Blanket, about a child born to a remote farming couple who received a protective blanket from the wind. Her previous title is Mood Pocket, Mud Bucket and she provided illustrations for A Winter's Yarn.

[BCBW 1992] "Art" "Kidlit"