Let's make this birthday one to remember.

59 years old (Born on March 11, 1966)

Happy birthday, Deborah Copaken Kogan! May your day be filled with joys as vivid and memorable as the adventures you painted in "Shutterbabe." Here's hoping today’s celebration is less harrowing but just as compelling—without the need for lens caps or passport stamps.

Congratulations on continuing to inspire readers with your insightful journalism and fearless storytelling. You’ve proven that life behind a camera (and pen) makes for great memoirs—and even better birthdays! Wishing you another year of remarkable stories, endless laughter, and fewer shutter-speed mishaps. Cheers to you, Deborah—may every paragraph ahead be better than the last!