Deb­bie, known pro­fes­sion­al­ly as Roots Met­als, is an Israeli-Cos­ta Rican artist, writer, and edu­ca­tor based in Los Ange­les. She has an BS in jour­nal­ism from Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty and an MFA in cre­ative writ­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of San Fran­cis­co. In the past, Deb­bie has writ­ten for var­i­ous Jew­ish pub­li­ca­tions and worked for the Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Muse­um in Cos­ta Rica. The Witch­es of Escazú and Oth­er Jew­ish Fairy­tales is her debut book.