Deborah Evetts is a fine bookbinder and book conservator.
Evetts was born and trained in England.[1] She attended the Brighton College of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She relocated to the United States in 1967, and became an American citizen in 1973.[1]
She taught bookbinding classes for several years at St. Crispins’ Bindery in New York before becoming a book conservator at the Morgan Library in 1969, a position which she held for several decades.[1] She is now an independent conservation consultant.[2]
She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers, a fellow with the UK-based Designer Bookbinders group, and was a member of the Hroswitha Club before its dissolution.[1][3][4] She has shown fine bindings in exhibitions throughout her career. Much of her work features colorful leather bindings with gilt lettering.