Deborah Froese

Out of the Fire was translated into German and published by Beltz & Gelberg. In 2005, it was shortlisted for the Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis.

Out of the Fire was published January 1, 2002 by Turtleback Books. The book received a positive review from Booklist, as well as the following accolades:

The Wise Washerman: A Folktale from Burma, illustrated by Wang Kui, was published October 1, 1996 by Hyperion Books.

Between 1979 and 1989, Froese worked as an audio-visual producer and photographer at VIP Communications Ltd. in Winnipeg. In 1994, she participated in the Manitoba Writers' Guild Mentorship Program, which led her toward writing; her first book, The Wise Washerman, was published two years later. From 2007 to 2017, Froese was Mennonite Church Canada's news services director. Between 2014 and 2017, she was an editorial director at Rebelight Publishing Incorporated, after which she became self-employed as a writer, editor, writing coach, and writing instructor.

Deborah Froese (born 1957) is a Canadian Mennonite writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Froese was born in Winnipeg in 1957 in and attended the University of Manitoba. She currently lives in Manitoba with her husband and three sons. They are members of First Mennonite Church of Winnipeg, where Froese teaches Sunday school classes.