Background
Washburn, Deborah Field was born on October 14, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Donald Timberlake and Adelaide Anderson (Cummings) Field.
Washburn, Deborah Field was born on October 14, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Donald Timberlake and Adelaide Anderson (Cummings) Field.
AB, Harvard Radcliffe College, 1963. Master of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1982.
Assistant editor Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City, 1965—1968. Assistant literature editor The New Republic, Washington, 1969. Associate book review editor Science Magazine, 1986—1988.
Senior/executive editor Asia Society, New York City, 1989—1995. Editor Random House, 1995—1997. Director publication Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 1997—2002.
Reading and writing tutor Literature Partners, New York City, 2000—2001.
Married John Lawrence Washburn, September 27, 1969. Children: Susannah, Jonathan.