Deborah Seymour grew up in New York City and studied in the City University of New York system for both her undergraduate and her graduate degrees. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in mass communications and economics at Hunter College and an MPhil and PhD in linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. She has been a writer and editor in many different arenas for most of her career and taught English and linguistics to college students in New York and California. She is currently a partner in BallNine.com, a website dedicated to both the history and present day game of baseball, and has published her own sports blog focused on New York sports at BigAppleBite.com. She has also blogged about Pittsburgh sports in the past.