Deb Stratas - Author
@debstratasauthor.bsky.social
Authentic storyteller of WWII historical fiction. Latest release: The Unquiet Translator. And, The War Twins of London, A Burning London Sky, The Code Girl from London, and Christmas with the Kingston Girls with ReadMore Press. debstratas.com
WW2 Dockworkers: Women shipbuilders give the signal for the lifting of steel girders at a shipyard in Britain. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
WW2 Dockworkers: Women shipbuilders give the signal for the lifting of steel girders at a shipyard in Britain. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. L Philpotts (left) and Mrs. E Firth carry out essential maintenance work underneath the escalators at a London underground station. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. L Philpotts (left) and Mrs. E Firth carry out essential maintenance work underneath the escalators at a London underground station. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Miss Feely operates one of the large lifts which carry passengers from street level down to the platforms and back up to the street again. Note the posters on display behind her. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Miss Feely operates one of the large lifts which carry passengers from street level down to the platforms and back up to the street again. Note the posters on display behind her. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Thanks to everyone who came to St. John Bosco's Christmas Market last night, where my grandkids, Eva and Joey, were there to support their school. Eva was a terrific assistant. :-) It was a great night! destratas.com #StJohnBosco #Booklovers #Christmasbooks #historical fiction
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to St. John Bosco's Christmas Market last night, where my grandkids, Eva and Joey, were there to support their school. Eva was a terrific assistant. :-) It was a great night! destratas.com #StJohnBosco #Booklovers #Christmasbooks #historical fiction
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. Hilda Slater cleans an underground window at a London station. Note the small window to help passengers tell where they are. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. Hilda Slater cleans an underground window at a London station. Note the small window to help passengers tell where they are. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
🎄St. John Bosco Christmas Market - Gym
Come say hi and shop from 53 amazing local vendors — the perfect place to find those Christmas gifts early (including my books!)
📍 1600 Clearbrook Dr, Oshawa
🕕 6–8 PM
🎁 Family-friendly fun and holiday cheer for everyone! #Christmas #St.John.Bosco #HolidayMarket
Come say hi and shop from 53 amazing local vendors — the perfect place to find those Christmas gifts early (including my books!)
📍 1600 Clearbrook Dr, Oshawa
🕕 6–8 PM
🎁 Family-friendly fun and holiday cheer for everyone! #Christmas #St.John.Bosco #HolidayMarket
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🎄St. John Bosco Christmas Market - Gym
Come say hi and shop from 53 amazing local vendors — the perfect place to find those Christmas gifts early (including my books!)
📍 1600 Clearbrook Dr, Oshawa
🕕 6–8 PM
🎁 Family-friendly fun and holiday cheer for everyone! #Christmas #St.John.Bosco #HolidayMarket
Come say hi and shop from 53 amazing local vendors — the perfect place to find those Christmas gifts early (including my books!)
📍 1600 Clearbrook Dr, Oshawa
🕕 6–8 PM
🎁 Family-friendly fun and holiday cheer for everyone! #Christmas #St.John.Bosco #HolidayMarket
🎄 It's TOMORROW! I'm selling books at the Durham Region Holiday Pop-Up- Marketplace:
📅 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#WWIIhistoricalbooks #DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025
📅 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#WWIIhistoricalbooks #DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🎄 It's TOMORROW! I'm selling books at the Durham Region Holiday Pop-Up- Marketplace:
📅 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#WWIIhistoricalbooks #DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025
📅 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#WWIIhistoricalbooks #DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"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
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
🕚 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Ajax Community Centre – 75 Centennial Rd, Ajax, ON
#DurhamHolidayMarket #ShopLocal #FamilyPhotos #AjaxEvents #HolidayPopUp #DRHPM2025
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🎄 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
🕚 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
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
Two women carpenters fix door hinges at a workshop producing huts for the army, somewhere in England, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
September 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
September 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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
September 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
Celebrating Two Million visitors to 'The Writing Desk' tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/cele... #writing #Blogging #HistoricalFiction #WritingCommunity
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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
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
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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
September 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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