Debra Daley

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Debra Daley
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Alma mater University of Auckland
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Debra Daley is a New Zealand author.

Daley was born in New Zealand and is of Irish heritage. [1] She grew up in the west of Auckland and graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA in English Literature. [2] She currently lives in the Bay of Plenty. [3]

Daley has worked as journalist, in public health, and as a screenwriter, working on the television dramas Universal Drive, The Shadow Trader, At the End of the Day, Pristine. [2]

Daley has published three novels, The Revelations of Carey Ravine (2016), [4] Turning the Stones (2014), [5] and The Strange Letter Z (1996). [6] The Revelations of Carey Ravine and Turning the Stones are both historical fiction, set in 18th-century England and Ireland. Her first novel, The Strange Letter Z, takes place in Mexico and New Zealand in the 1980s. [7] She has also published a number of short stories. [2]

In 1992 she won the Lilian Ida Smith Award. [8] She received the Grimshaw-Sargeson Fellowship in 2013 with Toa Fraser. [9] In 2005 she was awarded the Creative New Zealand Louis Johnson New Writers’ Bursary. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Deborah Daley: Location as Inspiration for 'Turning the Stones'". Writing.ie. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Debra Daley". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Debra Daley". Quercus Books. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Daley, Debra (2016). The Revelations of Carey Ravine. Heron Book. ISBN   9781782069935.
  5. ↑ Debra Daley, Debra (2014). Turning the Stones. Heron Press. ISBN   9781782069898.
  6. ↑ Daley, Debra (1996). The Strange Letter Z. Heron Press. ISBN   9780140254099.
  7. ↑ "Debra Daley". Historical Writers. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Creative New Zealand Grants 2005-2006" (PDF). Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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