Shaken Free, the sequel to Ilana's debut novel Shaken Loose, will be published by Hypatia Press on June 3, 2025.

A former newspaper reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle and Sacramento Bee, Ilana has also worked in non-profit communications. She was one of the founders of the Julia Morgan School for Girls—an all-girl middle school in Oakland, California—which spurred her to write "Where Girls Come First: The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Revival of Girls' Schools" (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004).

Ilana lives in Oakland with her husband Sam. Her
web site is https://ilanadebare.com, and she blogs at https://ilanadebare.substack.com.