Deborah Reade is an illustrator and map designer with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry. After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Deborah spent the early years of her career working as a typesetter and technical illustrator for John Muir Publications in Santa Fe, New Mexico before transitioning to freelance illustration and map design. Her specialization in archaeological maps, illustrations, site plans, and profiles comes from a lifelong love of archaeology and anthropology and work on archaeological reports for the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies.

Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Deborah lived in Seattle, Washington and on Bainbridge, Whidbey, and Orcas Islands in Washington State before moving to New Mexico in 1980. She now divides her time between Santa Fe and the San Francisco Bay Area.