Debra Lawless

Debra Lawless is a freelance writer and photographer on Cape Cod. She earned a BA in history and classics at Stanford University and an MS in journalism at Boston University. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, she has worked for newspapers and as a political press secretary. She has been published in Cape Cod Magazine and Chatham Magazine and regularly appears in the Cape Cod Chronicle. She is a certificate holder in Boston University's Genealogical Research Program and as Executive Director of the nonprofit Nickerson Family Association, Inc. also writes extensively on genealogical topics. Her most recent book, published by The History Press, is "Provincetown Since World War II: Carnival at Land's End." This is a sequel to her 2011 book "Provincetown: A History of Artists and Renegades in a Fishing Village." As well as four books published by The History Press, she contributed a chapter to "Three Centuries in a Cape Cod Village: The Story of Chatham," published by Schiffer Books in 2012.