Debbie Behan Garrett has been a black-doll enthusiast since 1991 and a freelance writer on the subject of black dolls since 1998.  Her passion for collecting vintage-to-modern black dolls led to the publication of two groundbreaking black-doll reference books:  The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls, Hobby House Press, Inc., 2003 (the first full-color black doll reference), and Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion, 2008 (the first self-published, full-color black doll reference).   Her third publication, The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak, I listen, is the first electronic book featuring dolls that blog (now available in paperback).

Garrett is the cofounder and editor of The Black Doll-E-Zine, “the first and only e-zine (now online group) devoted to collecting Black dolls.”  She is also founder and moderator of WeLoveBlackDolls online discussion group.  As a several-year member-at-large of the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Ms. Garrett has contributed to their Doll News quarterly publication.  Her articles have appeared in Doll Castle News, Dolls Magazine, Doll Collector (formerly Contemporary Doll Collector), British Doll Showcase, DollReader, on various Internet websites:  BlackDollShows.com and her personal blog, Black Doll Collecting at http://blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com/.  

Ms. Garrett, a native Texan, is the married mother of two adult children, Angela and Adam, and doting granny of Angela’s two precocious boys, Caleb and Logan.  Her non-leisure time is spent working as a CMT-credentialed, home-based allied health professional for a leading global provider of clinical documentation.

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