Deborah Casey graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. As a student she had encountered the writings of Frithjof Schuon and other perennialist authors, and in 1974 she traveled to Switzerland to meet Schuon. Mrs. Casey has been with World Wisdom since 1981, and in her capacity as editor she had the opportunity to meet frequently with Schuon for the publication of many of his books in English translation. Her current responsibilities involve working with other translators and editors on the translation and cataloging of Schuon's correspondence and unpublished papers for the future use of interested readers and scholars.

Mrs. Casey is the editor of Light on the Ancient Worlds, published by World Wisdom. Light on the Ancient Worlds is the first in a new series of Frithjof Schuon's classical works which have been extensively revised and updated.