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Deborah Takiff Smith
A writer with roots in postwar New Jersey and a career linked to U.S. agriculture publishing, she brings personal history and practical curiosity to her work. Her books range from memoir to accessible guides on how technology was beginning to reshape farm life.
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About the author
Deborah Takiff Smith is the author of Stories of a Life: Where I Came from and How I Got to Where I Am. Bookseller listings for that memoir describe her as having grown up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, at the end of World War II and coming of age during the Vietnam War, experiences that helped shape her outlook and the story she tells.
She is also associated with practical nonfiction tied to agriculture and public information. Library and book records list her as the author of Computers on the Farm, a 1984 guide to farm uses for computers, and as a contributor to U.S. Department of Agriculture yearbook-style publications, including work connected with nutrition and agriculture.
Taken together, her published work suggests an author comfortable moving between personal reflection and clear, useful writing for general readers. Whether writing about her own life or about changing technology in rural America, she appears drawn to subjects where everyday experience meets larger social change.