Deb O'bryan:  

After high school I went to UNO for two years then transferred to the University of Iowa. After undergrad school, I moved to Des Moines and went to Drake for my MBA. I always wanted to be a writer, but I thought I needed something - a real job- to fall back on. I took some business classes, liked accounting and went into that. Until that time I was a biology major and with plans of working in health care, but not in patient care. I also took every writing class I could wrote several poems and short stories that were accepted for publication. I found work in Des Moines, during graduate school at Drake where I was obtaining an MBA in accounting. I thought it might be helpful to have a 'real job". first at a medical college, then the Polk County Attorney's Office, then an insurance company. I married my bosses' roommate. My boss was an attorney, as was his roommate, Pat O'Bryan. We had 3 daughters, whom we sometimes refer to as 'the fighting Irish". All are grown lovely ladies now. I am a freelance writer and I have my own company. I write articles for magazines, newspapers and the internet. I also write fiction and screenplays. From 2007 until Sept 2009, the film industry boomed in Iowa. Then the governor here canceled all the film tax credits, so the hollywood companies all left time. But, while it lasted, I worked in ward...Expand for more