Deborah Clack, Rendezvous ’26 Writer

Rendezvous with readers and writers in Nashville on November 7, 2026, to celebrate stories and enjoy encouraging fellowship. 

Meet Deborah Clack at Read Write Rendezvous ‘26

Life’s greatest challenges often become the backdrop for its sweetest victories in Deborah Clack’s heartfelt and witty contemporary romances. Filled with relatable characters, hard-earned love, and healing laughter, her stories encourage readers to embrace hope, chase joy, and believe in the beauty of second chances.

About the Writer

Publishers Weekly bestselling author Deborah Clack believes in the power of fiction, the lost art of lip-synching, and that chocolate should be eaten with nuts.

Her titles include Odyssey of the Mind World Champion, Orthodontist Patient of the Month, and Most Improved Player at the Rolando Blackmon Basketball Camp.

A high school AP history teacher for 10 years, Deborah earned a Masters Degree in Education and was awarded Teacher of the Year for Arts in Education. Now she creates stories of her own filled with struggle, laughter, and a hard-fought romance. She asks her heroines, as well as her readers, to dig deep, play hard, and laugh often.

She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, DFW Ready Writers, and the Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers. Her work won both the ACFW Genesis Contest and the ACFW First Impressions Contest in Romance. She received First Place in the Contemporary Romance and Flash Fiction categories in the Foundations Contest at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.

As a short story writer, she has sold flash fiction romance to Woman’s World Magazine.

Deborah can lip-sync the heck out of Barbara Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” and is a fan of the original romantic suspense movie, Star Wars. She lives in The Lone Star State with her family where they cheer for the Dallas Cowboys.

You can learn more about Deborah Clack and her books on her website at deborahclack.com.

Genre: contemporary romance

Currently reading: Last to Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

A note from Deborah: I cannot wait to meet you! The introvert in me wants to tell you to come sit next to me and we will be silently bonded by our love of books. The author in me wants to look you in the eyes and ask you how you’re doing.

 

About the Featured Title

After We Fall (Shelter and Sky #2)

Sometimes the place you least expect to belong is exactly where you were always meant to land.

Self-sufficient Penelope Reid has her life completely mapped out–a necessity after surviving foster care. Now she’s on a mission to prove that she’s capable of managing a halfway house at Twelve Bluebells Ranch. The last thing she needs is hindrance from the charming Luke Granger, who asked her to dance three years ago, then disappeared before the music began.

Luke lives a nomadic lifestyle as a security specialist and has never found a reason to put down roots. So when the ranch neighboring Twelve Bluebells is vandalized, securing the area is just another gig for him before he hits the road–until he’s reunited with the bossy brunette and her generous heart.

As Luke and Penelope work alongside each other to care for the ranch’s halfway house residents, Penelope makes a mistake she might not recover from. Her careful walls begin to crack, and Luke’s restless heart finds reasons to stay. But when tragedy strikes, they must decide if it’s worth the risk to lower their guards for a love that could give them the home they’ve always longed for.

A poignant, emotional, no-spice contemporary romance about all the heartbreaking ways we can fall and what it takes to put us back together again. This clean and wholesome opposites-attract love story with a protective MMC will delight fans of Abby Jimenez, Katherine Center, Annabel Monaghan, and Corinne Michaels.

Content consideration: For specific content warnings that may include spoilers, visit this book’s page on the author’s website.

Also Available: Even After This, The Cowboy’s Marriage Bargain

 

All featured Rendezvous titles are listed on the JustRead Amazon Storefront, or visit the author’s website for more information. Learn more about Read Write Rendezvous… why (About page), what, where, who, and how (Event page). We invite you to join us (or join the waiting list in case more space opens up) and/or support the event (Sponsorship and Promotional Opportunities page). 

Have you read any of Deborah Clack‘s books? Let us know your favorites and which titles you add to your TBR!