Debra Band draws upon her love of both the manuscript arts and Jewish texts and tradition in her Hebrew/English illuminated books. She is the author and illuminator of The Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden (Jewish Publication Society, 2005), I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms (Jewish Publication Society, 2007), Arise! Arise! Deborah, Ruth and Hannah (Honeybee in the Garden, 2012), the latter two in collaboration with Arnold J. Band, and Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification (Honeybee in the Garden, 2016). Debra's work is collected and exhibited across the world. She has lived throughout the United States and Canada, and resides in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, Michael Diamond, and menagerie.