A graduate of Harvard University and Georgia State College of Law, Debra Shigley is a journalist who completed her J.D. while working as a full time senior editor for Atlanta magazine. She has appeared as a lifestyle expert on such national television programs as ABC's The View and TBS's Movie and a Makeover and has written for numerous publications, including Allure, Fast Company, Daily Candy, and Neiman Marcus's The Book. She lives in Atlanta with her husband.