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Debra Adelaide
Debra Adelaide (born 1958) is an Australian novelist, writer and academic who teaches creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney.
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Biography
Adelaide was born in Sydney and grew up in the Sutherland Shire.[1] A contemporary of writers Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, she attended Gymea High School and then via a teacher's scholarship, she completed a BA (Honours) and MA (Honours) in English literature at the University of Sydney. She then completed a PhD in Australian women’s literature in 1991, and in the process completed her first book, a bibliography of Australian women's literature. While studying, Debra Adelaide worked as a university tutor and research assistant, and afterwards became a freelance editor, author and book reviewer. She commenced writing fiction in the early 1990s and her first novel, The Hotel Albatross, was published in 1995. She was married until 2003 and has three children, Joe (b 1989), Ellen (b 1992) and Callan (b 1997). She is currently a senior lecturer in creative practice at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she teaches in the undergraduate communication program and teaches and supervises postgraduate creative writing.
Works
Adelaide has published 11 books, including novels, anthologies and reference books on Australian literature. Her three novels are The Household Guide to Dying (Picador:2008), The Hotel Albatross (Vintage: 1995) and Serpent Dust (Vintage: 1998). She also contributed to and edited the anthology Acts of Dogs(Vintage: 2003) in which leading Australian and NZ authors have written stories and memoirs on the theme of dogs, and the Motherlove series of anthologies (Random House: 1996; 1997; 1998).[2]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Household Guide to Dying (2008)
- The Hotel Albatross (1995)
- Serpent Dust (1998)
Non-fiction
- A Bright and Fiery Troop (2008)
- A Window in the Dark, biography of Dymphna Cusack (2008)
As editor
- Acts Of Dog (2003)
- Motherlove (1996; 1997; 1998)
- Cutting the Cord (2002)
References
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Australian novelists
- Australian non-fiction writers
- Australian freelance journalists
- Australian women writers
- People from the Sutherland Shire
Источник: Debra Adelaide
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