Deborah Cox was born in New York but educated in England, where she developed a love of English literature. She graduated from Durham University with a First in the subject and went on to have poetry and essays published before completing her Masters in Film Aesthetics at Oxford University.

Her first novel, “Forged,” is a contemporary coming of age story set in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, against the backdrop of the English aristocracy in a world where modern-day witches live and work ‘unseen’ by those they serve. Her personal website is DeborahCox.co.uk.