Deb Schense is a Waverly, Iowa, native. She graduated from Kirkwood Community College with an Associate of Applied Science in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, with a bachelors of Management Information Systems. Deb worked in computers for over twenty years before switching gears to writing and editing. She wrote "Eastern Iowa's Historic Barns: Including the Amana Colonies and Other Barn Structures," edited another barn book, "Barns Around Iowa," and has edited numerous ethnic books and cookbooks while contracting for Penfield Books. She currentl...