Debbie Kruger

Debbie Kruger is an Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer. She wrote Songwriters Speak in August 2005, which contains interviews with 45 Australian and New Zealand songwriters about their craft. Kruger was the Sydney correspondent for weekly entertainment newspaper, Variety, for three years with the moniker of krug. She works in public relations with her company Kruger PRofiles and in radio broadcasting, she has also worked as Manager of Communications for Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). She was brought up with younger sister Paula in the Jewish faith as members of the North Shore Synagogue. Kruger was a staff writer for the weekly entertainment newspaper, Variety, While writing for Variety her reviews used Krug as her moniker. 20 songs from the Top 30 had been announced by Kruger four weeks earlier. While involved with this project, Kruger met and interviewed many of Australia's finest songwriters and decided to write a book; she left APRA in 2003, to concentrate on her writing. On 1 August 2005, Kruger published, Songwriters speak : conversations about creating music, which contains interviews with 45 Australian and New Zealand songwriters about their craft. and running Kruger PRofiles.

Personal life Kruger has a younger sister, Paula.