Deb Stratas - Author

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Underground Railway Women, 1942. Miss Hannah Casson operates the ticket machine in her booth at a London Underground station. Passengers queue up for their turn behind the glass. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

🎄 Come see me at the Durham Region Holiday Pop-Up Marketplace next Sunday, Nov. 16th. Get your Christmas gifts-books!
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025

My Nov 2025 newsletter is here with the announcement of a ***FREE*** Kingston Sisters prequel novelette. Sign up for my newsletter to get your copy! debstratas.com #ww2 #ww2historicalfiction #KingstonSisters

War worker Mrs. Wilkinson breaks down fuses at ROF Aycliffe (munitions factory), near Darlington, County Durham, England. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Members of the Womens' Voluntary Service (WVS) are preparing the canteen before leaving the depot to supply refreshments to shelterers emerging for work after a night in the shelter, London, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

women carpenters in ww2 England

Two women carpenters fix door hinges at a workshop producing huts for the army, somewhere in England, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

My October 2025 newsletter is here, including an exciting prequel announcement and upcoming holiday book events. Have a read and hope to see you at an event in November! shorturl.at/4QF0I #booknews #holidayshopping #TheUnquietTranslator #WW2 books

Check out the trailer for my newest book: The Unquiet Translator — Book 1 in my Bletchley Park Chronicles. With almost 100 4.4-star Amazon reviews in just 2 months! V.https://shorturl.at/T7z4C #HistoricalFiction #WWII #BletchleyPark #TheUnquietTranslator

Women working in a British dockyard, July 1941. One of the many jobs taken up by women as the men went off to fight. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Two Wrens (Women’s Royal Navy) drivers who carried navy personnel on urgent work between bases in WW2. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

The milking team at a Norfolk dairy farm (two men and two women) smile for the camera in the sunshine, with their pails and milking stools at the ready during the war. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

A member of the Women’s Land Army (WLA) with two shire horses harrowing a field in Surrey, 1941. Farming was vital for supplying the country with food, and by 1944, there were 80,000 members of the WLA. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

My September 2025 Newsletter is here, featuring an interview with fellow author Vince Santoro talking about his new book, Letters of Redemption. Have a read! shorturl.at/aGW8y #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

If you haven't checked out Tony Riches' blog - what are you waiting for? The Writing Desk has over 2 million visitors. Impressive! @tonyriches.bsky.social

Congratulations Tony! This is amazing!

Mrs. A B Skinner of Totterdown, Bristol, works part-time as a milk roundswoman during the war. Here she can be seen leaving two pints of milk on a doorstep. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Underground officials were ordered to lock station entrances during raids but by the second week of heavy bombing, the government relented and ordered the stations to be opened. A mom looking worried with her two children in the tube. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

A British soldier on a captured horse stopping to have a word with one of the mothers and her baby from a maternity home at Benouville, 27 July 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Deb Stratas (@debstratasauthor) Thinking about my war twins today, and missing writing about Tillie and Maggie. How brave were those WW2 women??? #ww2women #ww2historical fiction

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Florence Kelly, a female warden carrying Suzanne Oliphant, a little girl, after she had been rescued by a fireman from a house on which a V1 flying bomb had destroyed a block of flats at Buckingham Gate in London, 23 June 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Mrs. Dart, a childminder in Bristol, entertains six children in Bristol with a storybook while their mothers work, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Author Lift: The Girl from the Channel Islands/Jenny Lecoat. Based on true events, this gripping novel follows Heda, a young Austrian woman trapped on the Channel Islands during WW2 - the only British territory occupied by the Nazis. shorturl.at/C2GQ4 @jennyLecoat #WW2Books #BritishHistory

Two women, responding to the 'Holidays at Home' campaign, writing postcards in Hyde Park, London. Courtesy IWM. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women

Have a fabulous time, K!

YouTube video by Deb Stratas Unboxing of The Unquiet Translator2025

There's nothing like the thrill of unboxing the first order of new books! Here's my unboxing of The Unquiet Translator. Sales from the first week have been amazing, so thanks for your support! #ww2 #historicalfiction #bletchleypark #theunquiettranslator youtu.be/KED5oCWjh28 rb.gy/a4upor

Special Guest Interview with Deb Stratas, Author of The Unquiet Translator (The Bletchley Park Chronicles, Book 1) Available from  Amazon UK  and  Amazon US   February 1941. Violet Grey, a gifted linguist, is shattered by a family tragedy in a London air ...

I was recently honoured to post an entry on Tony Riches' The Writing Desk blog. You'll get some behind-the-scenes info about my newest historical fiction book - The Unquiet Translator. shorturl.at/krFtB #ww2 #historicalfiction #bletchleypark #theunquiettranslator @tonyriches.bsky.social

Guest Interview with Deb Stratas, Author of The Unquiet Translator (The Bletchley Park Chronicles) "After my first visit to Bletchley Park, my head was spinning with all the stories, artifacts and history." tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/07/spec... @debstratasauthor.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

It’s a wonderful place to write and rejuvenate! @ratherbereading.bsky.social @tonyriches.bsky.social @lucyworsley.bsky.social