About the Authors
Deborah Taussig-Boehner is the owner of her father’s suitcase and its contents. She began to seriously piece together the suitcase’s story in 2012 and, after many years of research, she is now able to reveal the suitcase’s fascinating stories to the world. Debbie is a graduate of Syracuse University with BS and MA degrees, and a retired educational administrator.
Lauren Housman is an emerging writer from South Carolina. She received her BA in Language Arts and Literature from the University of South Carolina Aiken in 2010 and her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Converse College in 2014. Immediately after earning her MFA, she seized the opportunity to work on The Suitcase, her first book-length work.
Photos by Chloé Giancola: http://www.chloegiancolaphotography.com/
